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Wistfully Mournful Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "ELEGIAC" which means:
- adjective
- • Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy adjective satellite
- • Expressing sorrow often for something past noun
- • A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She wrote an elegiac poem to mourn the loss of her beloved dog."
- • "The photograph captured the elegiac beauty of the sunset."
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1 | Exhaled wistfully
New York Times -
09 Jul 2013 | New York Times / 09 Jul 2013 |
2 | Exhale wistfully
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08 Dec 2020 | New York Times Mini / 08 Dec 2020 |
3 | Looking back wistfully at closing building
The Guardian Quiptic -
19 Sep 2016 | The Guardian Quiptic / 19 Sep 2016 |
4 | Mournful sound
New York Times -
30 May 1986 | New York Times / 30 May 1986 |
5 | Responds wistfully
New York Times -
06 May 2018 | New York Times / 06 May 2018 |
6 | Wistfully | |
7 | Wistfully longing for |
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