dolefully
- r with sadness; in a sorrowful manner
his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army
- Peering dolefully at the world through weed-colored glasses, Woody Allen looks like a one-man illustration of the blind leading the halt.
- Amid all this stuff sits the artist, drinking tea and dolefully declaring, "You think I'm happy, but I'm not.
- So to wrap up the temple take, he has a quiet word with Morgenstern and steps back to leave the actress alone staring dolefully into the camera with a bright-red clown nose .