0 in a way that is, looks, or sounds very sad: --
"It's too late," he said dolefully.
She gazes dolefully at the camera.
Most of the customers seemed to be sitting alone, dolefully drinking coffee.
"Nothing can live here," the voiceover informs us, dolefully, over bleak snow-covered scenes.
Things, he says dolefully, are not what they used to be.
"Must I go?" asked Catherine dolefully.
He shook his head dolefully.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
dolefully