mournfully C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈmɔrnfəli/ UK /ˈmɔːnfəli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv in a sorrowful or grieving manner The dog howled mournfully at the closed gate for hours. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in a sorrowful or grieving... sorrowfullygrievinglysadlydolefullyplaintively ↔ Opposites joyfullycheerfullygleefully Word family Related forms mournmourningmournful Etymology AI details From mournful (mourn + -ful) + -ly; mourn from Old English murnan ('to grieve, be anxious'), from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. murnan Old English *murnaną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # mournfully **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈmɔrnfəli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈmɔːnfəli/ ## Meanings 1. in a sorrowful or grieving manner ## Examples - The dog howled mournfully at the closed gate for hours. ## Synonyms - sorrowfully - grievingly - sadly - dolefully - plaintively ## Antonyms - joyfully - cheerfully - gleefully ## Related Forms - mourn - mourning - mournful ## Roots and Affixes - Root: murnan - Root: *murnaną ## Etymology From mournful (mourn + -ful) + -ly; mourn from Old English murnan ('to grieve, be anxious'), from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. ## AI Etymology Mournfully comes from mournful (mourn + -ful) + -ly; mourn from Old English murnan ('to grieve, be anxious'), from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. The etymological trail includes Old English murnan, Proto-Germanic *murnaną. The same word family includes mourn, mourning, mournful. Its current adverb use means "in a sorrowful or grieving manner". ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown