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
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.