Similar words: doleful, balefully, carefully, ruefully, gleefully, hopefully, forcefully, gracefully. Meaning: adv. with sadness; in a sorrowful manner.
1 "I don't know why they left," he said dolefully.
2 His mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army.
3 The wind howled dolefully, making the narrow boat sway and rock at her moorings.
4 Sarah joked dolefully that she and William attracted all the ill luck in the clan.
5 Mrs. Trenor shook her head dolefully.
6 Dolefully, with every blast, peace looks more distant.
7 She shook her head dolefully.
8 His mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the army.
More similar words: doleful, balefully, carefully, ruefully, gleefully, hopefully, forcefully, gracefully, gratefully, spitefully, shamefully, peacefully, purposefully, baleful, be full of, to the full, fully, make full use of, awfully, joyfully, playfully, fretfully, mindfully, tactfully, dutifully, pitifully, painfully, wistfully, fearfully, skillfully.