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# mournfully

adverb

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

## Everyday

Mournfully means in a sad, sorrowful way, as if grieving. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mournfully/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a character speaks or thinks in a sad voice, often after losing something or someone

### Examples

- "Died!" mournfully repeated the old woman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mournfully/#x1)
- "She does not see me yet," he thought mournfully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mournfully/#x2)
- "That is the King," he said mournfully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mournfully/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; it describes a manner of speaking, not a count.

## In Jewish tradition

It means in sadness, as if in mourning. The people complain that serving God has gained them nothing.

**Interpretation.** Malachi is read as answering them. God sees the righteous and keeps a book of remembrance for those who fear Him.

### Examples

- Ye have said: 'It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked mournfully because of the LORD of hosts? (Prophets MAL.3.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mournfully/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths; it describes a manner of speaking, not a count.

## On Mova

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