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elegy | elegiacally |

As a noun elegy

is a mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

As an adverb elegiacally is

in the manner of an elegy, or funeral poem.

elegy

English

(wikipedia elegy)

Noun

(elegies)
  • A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

    • Synonyms

    * dirge, threnody

    Coordinate terms

    * requiem – a piece of music played at a mass for the dead

    Derived terms

    * elegiac

    See also

    * eulogy – similar sounding funeral word

    Anagrams

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    References

    elegiacally

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the manner of an elegy, or funeral poem
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=November 4, author=Claire Dederer, title=The Inner Scholar, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=He was co-founder of Naropa's writing program, the elegiacally named Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, later that year. }}