dolefully

1. 1.

   with sadness; in a sorrowful manner

   “his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army”

   Synonymssorrowfully

Questions about dolefully

What does dolefully mean?

dolefully means "with sadness; in a sorrowful manner".

How many syllables are in dolefully?

dolefully has 4 syllables: do-le-ful-ly. The stress falls on "le".

What is another word for dolefully?

Close synonyms include sorrowfully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dolefully a common word?

dolefully is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.