sorrowfully
/ˈsɒrəʊfəli/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsɑːrəʊfəli/ (ame, ipa) · /-f(ə)lē -li/ (ame, mw)
sorrowfully — adverb
1. showing deep unhappiness or regret through one's expression, words, or actions
showing deep unhappiness or regret through one's expression, words, or actions
Diego shook his head sorrowfully when he learned that the community garden would be closed.
sorrowfully + when-clause
'I wish I could have stayed longer,' Mei-Lin said sorrowfully, folding the letter.
dialogue tag: said sorrowfully + participle
The children watched sorrowfully as the storm tore apart their treehouse in the backyard.
Dr. Okafor looked sorrowfully at the rows of empty chairs in the hospital chapel.
Ananya spoke sorrowfully about the old market that had been torn down last year.
- sadly
more common and less intense; also works as a sentence adverb
- mournfully
more literary, with a grieving or lamenting quality
- dolefully
suggests a pitiful, sorrowful expression
- joyfully
opposite emotional tone, suggests happiness and delight
- cheerfully
bright and optimistic, opposite in mood
文法句型
[verb] + sorrowfully
sorrowfully, [clause]
用法筆記
More common in written narratives and formal speech than in casual conversation. Unlike sadly, sorrowfully is rarely used as a sentence adverb meaning 'unfortunately'.