2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sorrowful \Sor"row*ful\, a. [OE. sorweful, AS sorgful.]
1. Full of sorrow; exhibiting sorrow; sad; dejected;
distressed. ``This sorrowful prisoner.'' --Chaucer.
My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.
--Matt. xxvi.
38.
2. Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; lamentable;
grievous; as a sorrowful accident.
Syn: Sad; mournful; dismal; disconsolate; drear; dreary;
grievous; lamentable; doleful; distressing. --
{Sor"row*ful*ly}, adv -- {Sor"row*ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
sorrowfully
adv 1: in a sorrowful manner
2: with sadness; in a sorrowful manner; "his mother looked at
him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army"
[syn: {dolefully}]
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