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- adverb poetic, archaic with
sorrow , full ofsorrow
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Examples
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Time passes sorrowly, rather than slowly; and my thoughts, without being amused, are employed.
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Time passes sorrowly, rather than slowly; and my thoughts, without being amused, are employed.
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Christie walked home very sadly and sorrowly; he was in no haste to meet old Treffy's anxious, inquiring eyes.
Christie's Old Organ Or, "Home, Sweet Home" O. F. Walton 1894
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Time passes sorrowly, rather than slowly; and my thoughts, without being amused, are employed.
A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795 Lady, An English 1797
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