Plaintively
['pleintivli]
Definition
(adv.) in a plaintive manner; 'the last note of the song rang out plaintively'.
Edited by Jonathan--From WordNet
Examples
- She glanced plaintively about the station. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I wish she could stay at home with us, Susan, said Caleb, looking plaintively at his wife. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Indeed, I hope it is not true, said Mrs. Price plaintively; it would be so very shocking! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- And my charming young goddaughter,' said Mr Wrayburn plaintively, 'down in Hertfordshire--' ['Humbugshire you mean, I think,' interposed Miss Wren. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Camilla brightened when Miss Pocket met with this rebuff; and she murmured, as she plaintively contemplated Miss Havisham, Poor dear soul! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Edited by Jonathan