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plaintively

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plain·tive  (plntv)
adj.
Expressing sorrow; mournful or melancholy.
[Middle English plaintif, from Old French, aggrieved, lamenting, from plaint, complaint; see plaint.]
plaintive·ly adv.
plaintive·ness n.
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Adv.1.plaintively - in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang out plaintively"
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And then, in the loneliness of the dark, on the heaving breast of the sea that he recognized as one more of the eternal enemies, he began to whimper and cry plaintively like a lost child.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
Old Laska, who had not yet fully digested her delight at his return, and had run out into the yard to bark, came back wagging her tail, and crept up to him, bringing in the scent of fresh air, put her head under his hand, and whined plaintively, asking to be stroked.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
She was wont to say plaintively, "I'm afraid the faculties was too much divided up between my twins.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
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