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[ roo-fuh-lee ] / ˈru fə li /
adverbin a mournful or doleful way:I found myself sitting ruefully by the side of the road, near a little town in North Carolina, waiting for a tow truck. in a way that suggests repentance or regret:He is aware of his own flaws, at times ruefully so. Origin of ruefullyrueful + -ly OTHER WORDS FROM ruefullyhalf-rue·ful·ly, adverbun·rue·ful·ly, adverbWords nearby ruefullyRudyard, rue, rue anemone, rue family, rueful, ruefully, Rufen, rufescent, ruff, ruffe, ruffed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ruefullyPerhaps that name should not be felt so ruefully today, despite the reversion to authoritarian control in Egypt. You Say You Want to Name a Revolution?|Jack DuVall|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST And yet, Norton says ruefully, “You know the old expression: ‘Wherever I went, there I was.’ ” Jim Norton And His Many Vices|Lloyd Grove|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Somewhere, a no-longer-in-the-league Tebow is ruefully nodding. Don’t Cry for Johnny Football. The NFL’s 22nd Pick Will Do Just Fine.|Ben Teitelbaum|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST At the climax of the play, Willy Loman ruefully tells his two sons that he was fired that day from his job. From Katrina to the Clink: Ex New Orleans Mayor Heads to Prison|Jason Berry|February 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Not well,” he says ruefully when I ask how the distinguished former Nightly News anchorman reacted. Banter With The Beast: MSNBC’s Head Honcho Phil Griffin on Admiring Roger Ailes and More|Lloyd Grove|January 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST "Here's a nice state of things," said he, ruefully regarding his surroundings. “It is evidently not only Christopher who is in disgrace to-day,” he said ruefully. Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker|Marguerite Bryant "I am afraid it's going to be a horrible nuisance altogether," Ralph said ruefully. One of the 28th|G. A. Henty We cant fight em with only one revolver and a carbine, said Oliphant ruefully. King of the Air|Herbert Strang Then the others went below, leaving Vane at the helm; and Carroll looked at him ruefully when they came up again. The Protector|Harold Bindloss
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