- plaintively plain·tive·ly adv
- ['pleɪntɪvlɪ]
(speak) lamentosamente, (look) malinconicamente
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
plaintively plain·tive·ly adv
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Plaintively — Plaintive Plain tive, a. [F. plaintif. See {Plaintiff}, n.] 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. The most plaintive ditty. Landor. [1913 Webster] {Plain tive*ly}, adv.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
plaintive — plain|tive [ˈpleıntıv] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: plaintif, from plaint; PLAINT] a plaintive sound is high, like someone crying, and sounds sad plaintive cry/voice/sound etc ▪ the plaintive cry of the seagull >plaintively adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
