dolefullyadv.1
/ˈdəʊlfʊli/ In a doleful manner; sorrowfully, mournfully, sadly; drearily, dismally.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > [adverb]
wrothec950
heavilyc1000
sorrowlyOE
sorrilylOE
sorrowfullyc1225
dolefullyc1290
sadlya1375
teenfullya1375
wrothlyc1374
unwinlya1400
grievouslyc1400
unblithely1415
tristily?c1450
sad?a1475
sytefully1488
earnfully?1527
dolently1548
mournfully?1567
distressfully1593
passionately1604
tragicly1604
grievingly1623
distressedly1890
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb]
ungladly?c1225
wanlyc1275
dolefullyc1290
ruefullya1300
elengelyc1305
heavisomelya1382
lumpishlyc1450
tristily?c1450
dowlyc1540
unjoyfully1553
tragically1567
dully1600
tragicly1604
heartlessly1606
unjovially1607
dejectedly1611
dejectly1611
disconsolately1614
dumpishly1621
uncheerfullya1628
dolorously1638
mopishly1651
despondingly1656
despondentlya1677
unhappily1688
dismally1709
gloomily1727
grumly1727
joylessly1766
mopingly1788
sombrously1796
glumly1805
malagrugrously1818
funerally1829
broodingly1834
unenjoyingly1844
downheartedly1847
unblissfully1849
droopingly1852
dreichly1853
sombrely1860
dispiritedly1864
glumpily1865
pleasurelessly1873
depressedly1880
chapfallenly1883
sighfully1900
bleakly1938
c1290 Beket 1481 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 149 Heo weopen and criden deolfulliche.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. iv. 419 Þat agag..and al hus lyge puple Sholde deye delfulliche for dedes of here eldren.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxiii. 294 Behold if euer ye sagh body..thus dulfully dight.
1526 W. Bonde Rosary sig. C Haue pyte on hym so dulfully standynge before the.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Aug. 193 How dolefully his doole thou didst rehearse.
a1668 W. Davenant Play-house to be Let in Wks. (1673) 101 They love sad Tunes, how dolefully they ring!
1797 E. Burke Third Let. Peace Regicide Directory France 32 The circumstances which we so dolefully lament.
1868 C. Dickens Let. 13 Jan. (2002) XII. 12 We..sat dolefully staring out of window.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
dolefullyadv.2
rare.
With dole, fraud, or malice.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adverb]
despitouslyc1320
maliciouslya1325
doggedlyc1380
spitouslya1387
venomly1387
spitousc1400
enviouslyc1430
venomously1449
sputouslyc1450
evilfullyc1475
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
unhappily1509
peevishly?1529
spitefully1532
cankeredly1535
viperiously1538
malignly1543
sinisterlyc1550
doggishly1576
cankerly1580
viperously1587
sinistruouslya1615
despitely1619
viciously1841
dolefully1880
cattishly1913
cattily1924
bitchily1938
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adverb]
maliciouslya1325
despitouslyc1374
doggedlyc1380
spitouslya1387
venomly1387
spitousc1400
venomously1449
sputouslyc1450
evilfullyc1475
despitefully1487
despiteouslya1500
enviously1508
unhappily1509
peevishly?1529
spitefully1532
cankeredly1535
viperiously1538
malignly1543
sinisterlyc1550
to spite (one)a1575
doggishly1576
cankerly1580
viperously1587
sinistruouslya1615
despitely1619
waspishly1684
viciously1841
waspily1854
dolefully1880
cattishly1913
cattily1924
bitchily1961
bitchingly1970
1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Gaius Institutes iv. 293 (note) Was the thing deposited, and has the depositary dolefully failed to restore it?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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