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Sorrowfully vs Dejectedly - What's the difference?

sorrowfully | dejectedly |

As adverbs the difference between sorrowfully and dejectedly

is that sorrowfully is in a sorrowful manner, done with sorrow and regret while dejectedly is in a dejected manner, in a dispirited way.

sorrowfully

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a sorrowful manner, done with sorrow and regret.
  • * 1900 , , (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
    • Sorrowfully Dorothy left the Throne Room and went back where the Lion and the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were waiting to hear what Oz had said to her. "There is no hope for me," she said sadly, "for Oz will not send me home until I have killed the Wicked Witch of the West; and that I can never do."

    dejectedly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a dejected manner, in a dispirited way.