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What (who) is mournfully - definition
mournfully
see mournful
mourn
![mourning]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Egyptian mourners001.jpg?width=200 "mourning]].")
![[[Queen Paola of Belgium]] in "grand deuil"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George W. Bush John Paul II funeral.jpg?width=200 "[[Queen Paola of Belgium]] in \"grand deuil\"")
![[[Thailand]] national flag flown at half mast at a high school in Bangkok during the state mourning of the [[King Bhumibol]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Half mast Bangkok School 2016.jpg?width=200 "[[Thailand]] national flag flown at half mast at a high school in Bangkok during the state mourning of the [[King Bhumibol]]")
![Japanese]] funeral arrangement.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JapaneseFuneralArrangementTokyo.jpg?width=200 "Japanese]] funeral arrangement.")
![Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain]] lying in state'', by Sebastián Muñoz, 1689, displays the full panoply of [[lying in state]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marie Louise of Orléans, Queen of Spain, lying in state (1689), by Sebastián Muñoz.JPG?width=200 "Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain]] lying in state'', by Sebastián Muñoz, 1689, displays the full panoply of [[lying in state]]")
![1559}} following the deaths of her father-in-law, mother, and first husband [[Francis II of France]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary Queen of Scots in mourning.jpg?width=200 "1559}} following the deaths of her father-in-law, mother, and first husband [[Francis II of France]].")
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![1867}}, [[Museum of Funeral Customs]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mourning dress, 19th century.JPG?width=200 "1867}}, [[Museum of Funeral Customs]]")
![A woman mourning the death of her husband, [[Prague]], 1772](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Prager Beerdigungsbruderschaft.jpg?width=200 "A woman mourning the death of her husband, [[Prague]], 1772")
![F.M. Brown]]), 1865](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ragamuffins.JPG?width=200 "F.M. Brown]]), 1865")
![Mourning [[jewelry]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schwarzer Trauerschmuck2.jpg?width=200 "Mourning [[jewelry]]")
![Female mourners at the reburial of newly identified victims of the [[Srebrenica massacre]] in Bosnia.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Srebrenica Massacre - Reinterment and Memorial Ceremony - July 2007 - Women Mourners 2.jpg?width=200 "Female mourners at the reburial of newly identified victims of the [[Srebrenica massacre]] in Bosnia.")
![Princess Marie]] in early 1879.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The Hessian children with their grandmother, Queen Victoria.jpg?width=200 "Princess Marie]] in early 1879.")
![Prince Albert]] wore black dresses and posed for a portrait with his statue following his death in 1861.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The royal children in mourning Mar 1862.jpg?width=200 "Prince Albert]] wore black dresses and posed for a portrait with his statue following his death in 1861.")
STATE OF EMOTIONS OF A PERSON TO WHOM SOMETHING IRREVERSIBLE HAPPENED THAT LEADS TO A FEELING OF SADNESS OR REGRET; MOST OFTEN OCCURRING E.G. AFTER A BELOVED ONE DIED, OR A LONG RELATIONSHIP SPLIT UP
Mourning rituals; Official mourning; Ritual mourning; Mourn; Widow's weeds (clothing); Mourning clothing; Mourning clothes; Mourning garments; Mourning dress; Mofuku; Half mourning; Mourning Dress; Chinese mourning; Bereaved in Islam
I. v. n.
Grieve, lament, be sorrowful.
II. v. a.
Deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan, grieve for, sorrow over.
mournful
1.
If you are mournful, you are very sad.
He looked mournful, even near to tears...
ADJ
• mournfully
He stood mournfully at the gate waving bye bye.
ADV: usu ADV with v
2.
A mournful sound seems very sad.
...the mournful wail of bagpipes.
ADJ
Examples of use of mournfully
1. "There are no attractions in the city," Fartush concluded mournfully.
2. Throughout the day, politicians laid wreaths and bagpipes wailed mournfully.
3. "You‘re going, my angel," the lead mariachi sang mournfully, stretching to hit the high note.
4. His wife, Lyudmila, once said rather mournfully that she preferred simple, ordinary humor.
5. "The Iowa delegate shook her head. ‘She did, she did,‘ she said mournfully.