4
pessimistically(adverb, bad feelings)
4
piteously(adverb, greatness)
4
plaintively(adverb, dejectedly)
4
regretfully(adverb, alas)
4
sorely(adverb, greatness)
3
agonizingly
3
cruelly
3
desperately(adverb, bad feelings)
3
dispiritedly(adverb, bad feelings)
3
distressfully
3
downheartedly(adverb, dejectedly)
3
frightfully
3
funereally
3
joylessly(adverb, dejectedly)
3
melancholically(adverb, dejectedly)
3
moodily(adverb, dejectedly)
3
pensively(adverb, dejectedly)
3
pitiably
3
remorsefully(adverb, alas)
3
somberly(adverb, sorrowfully)
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