dolefully

«dolefully» in Mova's school dictionary: in a sad, mournful way, as if very unhappy: he sighed… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (dolefully)

meaning for a pupil

Dolefully means in a sad, mournful way, as if very unhappy: he sighed dolefully. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories, a character speaks or moves dolefully to show grief or misery, often when things have gone wrong.

examples

• "I lost my ball," he said dolefully. tree →
• The dog looked dolefully at the empty bowl. tree →
• She sighed dolefully and sat down on the step. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dolefully» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.