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Definition of Plaintively
1. Adverb. In a plaintive manner. "The last note of the song rang out plaintively"
Definition of Plaintively
1. Adverb. In a plaintive manner. ¹
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Definition of Plaintively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plaintively
Literary usage of Plaintively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Answering Voice: One Hundred Love Lyrics by Women by Sara Teasdale (1917)
"How sharp you are when day and dark are blent, When beetles hurry by with vibrant
wings, And plaintively and near the cricket sings. ..."
2. That Boy of Norcott's by Charles James Lever (1869)
"... and, drawing nigh the door, stood and whined plaintively. After a brief pause
the door opened, the animal stole in, the door then closed with a bang, ..."
3. Passages from the Correspondence and Other Papers of Rufus W. Griswold by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1898)
"They began early t5 write verses which treated of sorrowful experiences, of
unrequited love, of painful illnesses, of hopes and fears plaintively mingled, ..."
4. The Theological Review: A Quarterly Journal of Religious Thought and Life by Charles Beard (1870)
"... manhood and old age, plaintively observing to all whom it may concern, that
they Drag the dull remains of life Along tho tiresome road. ..."
5. The Answering Voice: One Hundred Love Lyrics by Women by Sara Teasdale (1917)
"How sharp you are when day and dark are blent, When beetles hurry by with vibrant
wings, And plaintively and near the cricket sings. ..."
6. That Boy of Norcott's by Charles James Lever (1869)
"... and, drawing nigh the door, stood and whined plaintively. After a brief pause
the door opened, the animal stole in, the door then closed with a bang, ..."
7. Passages from the Correspondence and Other Papers of Rufus W. Griswold by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1898)
"They began early t5 write verses which treated of sorrowful experiences, of
unrequited love, of painful illnesses, of hopes and fears plaintively mingled, ..."
8. The Theological Review: A Quarterly Journal of Religious Thought and Life by Charles Beard (1870)
"... manhood and old age, plaintively observing to all whom it may concern, that
they Drag the dull remains of life Along tho tiresome road. ..."
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