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ruefully
[ roo-fuh-lee ]
adverb
- in a mournful or doleful way:
I found myself sitting ruefully by the side of the road, near a little town in North Carolina, waiting for a tow truck.
- in a way that suggests repentance or regret:
He is aware of his own flaws, at times ruefully so.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ruefully1
Example Sentences
Yet Shetty ruefully acknowledges that climate change has put a damper on that last part of his hometown鈥檚 legacy.
But as he noted ruefully in a valedictory speech last month, Americans may recognize the full benefits of those laws only once he鈥檚 out of office.
"This is a full stop," she says ruefully.
When venerable department store chain Robinsons-May shut down, one of my bosses ruefully quipped, 鈥淲ell, there goes another 100 newsroom jobs.鈥
鈥淚鈥檓 very adept at carrying buckets now,鈥 she said ruefully.
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