The sick toddler spent all day at a daycare center plaintively calling for his mommy.
She sings a traditional Irish song so plaintively that they fall silent.
Furthermore, the way in which lyrics are sung - sarcastically, plaintively, etc. - may belie the words on the page.
He asks plaintively what can be done to avoid faulty males.
It then notes rather plaintively that so far there seems inadequate support for the unitary solution.
I go through this boring compendium plaintively in the hope that these references to the had old days can be scotched once and for all.
I give her one assurance which she asked for, rather plaintively.