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Definition of Mournfully
1. Adverb. In a mournful manner. "The young man stared into his glass mournfully"
Definition of Mournfully
1. Adverb. In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mournfully
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mournfully
Literary usage of Mournfully
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"There is something mournfully typical in this. In the picture of our century, as
taken from the life by History, this very man should have been a central ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and often took my Bible and sat in hollow trees ana lonesome places until
night came on ; and frequently in the night walked mournfully about by myself. ..."
3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"CURFEW^ SOLEMNLY, mournfully, Dealing its dole, The Curfew Bell Is beginning to
toll. Cover the embers, And put out the light; Toil comes with the morning, ..."
4. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"There is something mournfully typical in this. In the picture of our century, as
taken from the life by History, this very man should have been a central ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and often took my Bible and sat in hollow trees ana lonesome places until
night came on ; and frequently in the night walked mournfully about by myself. ..."
6. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"CURFEW^ SOLEMNLY, mournfully, Dealing its dole, The Curfew Bell Is beginning to
toll. Cover the embers, And put out the light; Toil comes with the morning, ..."
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