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Ruefully

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Adverb

1. contritely, remorsefully, ruefully

in a rueful manner

Example Sentences:
'I made a big mistake,' he said ruefully'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ruefully

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adjective
1. 
feeling or expressing sorrow or repentance
a rueful face
2. 
inspiring sorrow or pity

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Ruefully

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adjective
1. 
causing sorrow or pity; lamentable
2. 
a. 
feeling or showing sorrow or pity; mournful
b. 
feeling or showing regret, esp. in an abashed way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Ruefully

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adj.
Causing, feeling, or expressing sorrow or regret: "He gave the young officer the rueful look of a father exasperated with his misbehaving son" (Khaled Hosseini).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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