plaintively

Adverb

Meaning

in a plaintive manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sadly woefully regretfully drearily dismally morosely glumly pleadingly nostalgically mournfully lugubriously deploringly lamentingly gripingly dolefully

Antonyms

festally rejoicingly

Examples

the last note of the song rang out plaintively Source: Internet

Really disappointingly, it has been plaintively apathetic to dirty rotten scoundrels in their own ranks (“they’re ours, after all!” Source: Internet

When Beria finally realized what was happening and plaintively appealed to Malenkov to speak for him, his old friend and crony silently hung his head and refused to meet his gaze. Source: Internet

The relationship between Earn and Alfred—the darker-skinned relative who plaintively says, “I scare people at A.T.M.s! I rap!” Source: Internet

Maria Theresa, desperate and burdened by pregnancy, wrote plaintively to her sister: "I don't know if a town will remain to me for my delivery." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

plaintive plaintive cry plaintive rain frog plaintiveness plaintless Plainview