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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rueful  \Rue"ful\,  a. 
  1.  Causing  one  to  rue  or  lament;  woeful;  mournful;  sorrowful. 
 
  2.  Expressing  sorrow.  ``Rueful  faces.''  --Dryden. 
 
  Two  rueful  figures,  with  long  black  cloaks.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
  --  {Rue"ful*ly},  adv  --  {Rue"ful*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rueful 
  adj  :  feeling  or  expressing  pain  or  sorrow  for  sins  or  offenses 
  [syn:  {contrite},  {remorseful},  {sorry}] 




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