Associations to the word «Ruefully»

Wiktionary

RUEFULLY, adverb. In a rueful manner; causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow.

Dictionary definition

RUEFULLY, adverb. In a rueful manner; "`I made a big mistake,' he said ruefully".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne