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▪ I. dolefully, adv.1|ˈdəʊlfʊlɪ|
Forms: see the adj.
[f. doleful a.1 + -ly2.]
In a doleful manner; sorrowfully, mournfully, sadly; drearily, dismally.
c1290Beket 1481 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 149 Heo weopen and criden deolfulliche. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. iv. 419 Þat agag..and al hus lyge puple Sholde deye delfulliche for dedes of here eldren. c1460Towneley Myst. (Surtees) 222 Behold if ever ye saw body..thus dulfully dight. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 303 Haue pite on hym so dolefully standyng before the. 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Aug. 193 How dolefully his doole thou didst rehearse. a1668Davenant Play-House to be Let Wks. (1673) 101 They love sad Tunes, how dolefully they ring! 1797Burke Regic. Peace iii. (R.) The circumstances which we so dolefully lament. 1868Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 338 We..sat dolefully staring out of window.
▪ II. ˈdolefully, adv.2 rare.
[f. doleful a.2 + -ly2.]
With dole, fraud, or malice.
1880Muirhead Gaius iv. §47 note, Was the thing deposited, and has the depositary dolefully failed to restore it? |