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?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xliii. 124 Whyle thus go I: so mournfully, at mens hostilitie.

1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 76 Hee mournfully marched forward.

1591 (?a1425) Adam & Eve (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 39 Cayne speaketh mornefullye.

1611 Bible (King James) Mal. iii. 14 Wee haue walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts. View more context for this quotation

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) v. vi. 150 Beate thou the Drumme that it speake mournfully . View more context for this quotation

1704 W. Taverner Faithful Bride of Granada iv. ii. 41 Talk not so mournfully, I cannot bear it.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iv. 146 Having mournfully bad each other good night, they laid down, and implored rest.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xx. 192 ‘No,’ said Smike, shaking his head mournfully; ‘I must talk of something else to-day.’

1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. ii. 34 The old mule..only had long journeys twice a year, and resented them mournfully.

1936 R. Lehmann Weather in Streets ii. 167 ‘You don't have to go, do you?’ ‘I wish I didn't have to.’ Mournfully looking at him.

1987 M. Collins Angel iii. 32 Every so often he stopped, clanging the bell mournfully.

2000 Nation (Electronic ed.) 21 Feb. 4 Opening the program, a local Democratic activist asked mournfully, ‘How did this party become the party of the lobbyists and special interests?’