mournfully

/ˈmɔɹnfəli/ adv

In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.

Word Origin Mournfully comes from mourn, from Old English murnan, from PIE *mer- 'to die' — the same root that gives us mortal, murder, and martyr. So to mourn is to grieve over death. The -ful and -ly suffixes make it an adverb full of mourning.

adv In a mournful manner; as if in mourning for something.

She gazed mournfully at the empty house where she grew up.

(副词) 哀伤地;悲伤地;哀痛地

她哀伤地凝视着那座她长大的空房子。

(adverbio) lúgubremente; tristemente; fúnebremente; con tristeza [De manera **lúgubre** o triste; como si se estuviera de luto por algo.]

Miraba con tristeza la casa vacía donde creció.

(adverbe) tristement; mélancoliquement; lugubrement; d'un air triste; avec tristesse [D'une manière triste et mélancolique, exprimant le deuil ou le regret.]

Elle regardait tristement la maison vide où elle avait grandi.

(Adverb) traurig; klagend; wehmütig [auf eine traurige, klagende oder wehmütige Weise; so, als würde man um etwas trauern.]

Sie blickte **mournfully** auf das leere Haus, in dem sie aufgewachsen war.

(副詞) 悲しみに沈んだ様子で、哀れな様子で。

彼女は自分が育った空き家を悲しげに眺めた。

(advérbio) tristemente; melancolicamente; lutuosamente; plangentemente; funestamente [De maneira triste; como se estivesse de luto por algo.]

Ela olhava tristemente para a casa vazia onde cresceu.

Word parts: mourn + ful + ly

Common collocations

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