11
sorrowfully
11
woefully(adverb, dejectedly)
9
dolorously(adverb, dejectedly)
9
mournfully(adverb, dejectedly)
9
dolefully
8
sadly(adverb, dejectedly)
6
grievously
6
ruefully
5
miserably(adverb, dejectedly)
4
disconsolately(adverb, dejectedly)
4
melancholically(adverb, dejectedly)
4
dismally
4
gloomily(adverb, dejectedly)
4
lugubriously
3
dejectedly(adverb, dejectedly)
3
despondently(adverb, dejectedly)
3
drearily(adverb, dejectedly)
3
glumly(adverb, dejectedly)
3
lamentably
3
morosely(adverb, dejectedly)
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