ruefully Definition
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rue1
verb
- rued, ruing, rueing
1. To regret; to wish that something had not been or had not happened.
- Thesaurus: regret, deplore, mourn, lament, bemoan, bewail, repent; Antonym: rejoice.
- Feeling or showing sorrow or regret.
- Thesaurus: sorry, conscience-stricken, remorseful, grievous, regretful, contrite, penitent, self-reproachful, woeful, melancholy, lugubrious; Antonym: defiant.
- Inspiring pity or sorrow.
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