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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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