Mourningly

mourn  (môrn, mrn)

v. mourned, mourn·ing, mourns

v.intr.

1. To feel or express grief or sorrow. See Synonyms at grieve.

2. To show grief for a death by conventional signs, as by wearing black clothes.

3. To make a low, indistinct, mournful sound. Used especially of a dove.

v.tr.

1. To feel or express deep regret for: mourned the wasted years.

2. To grieve over (someone who has died).

3. To utter sorrowfully.

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[Middle English mournen, from Old English murnan; see (s)mer-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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mourner n.

mourning·ly adv.