sorrowfully

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adverb in a sorrowful manner
  2. adverb with sadness; in a sorrowful manner

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sorwefully; by surface analysis, sorrowful + -ly.

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