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# dolefully

adverb (dolefully)

«dolefully» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Dolefully means in a sad, mournful way, as if very unhappy: he sighed dolefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolefully/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolefully/#x1)
- The dog looked dolefully at the empty bowl. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolefully/#x2)
- She sighed dolefully and sat down on the step. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolefully/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dolefully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dolefully/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dolefully» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dolefully.html) on Mova free.