5
dolorously(adverb, dejectedly)
5
morosely(adverb, dejectedly)
5
dolefully(adverb, miserably, unhappily, sorrowfully, somberly)
5
dreadfully(adverb, greatness)
5
pathetically(adverb, tenderly, touchingly)
4
ruefully
4
bitterly(adverb, greatness)
4
bleakly
4
darkly(adverb, bad feelings)
4
horribly(adverb, greatness, by bad luck)
4
painfully(adverb, greatness)
4
wretchedly
4
desolately(adverb, bad feelings, miserably, unhappily, sorrowfully)
4
despairingly(adverb, bad feelings, dejectedly)
4
disastrously(adverb, unfortunately, unhappily, unluckily, deplorably)
4
distressingly(adverb, severely, thoroughly, completely, intensely)
4
glumly(adverb, dejectedly)
4
gravely(adverb, severely, thoroughly, completely, seriously)
4
heavily
4
lugubriously
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