"dolefully" meaning in English

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          "text": "[…]she screamed in a voice made inarticulate by her shrill and immodest laughter, as the unfortunate man waded at last out of the black water, and stood gazing dolefully at his dirty stockings and shoes.",
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          "text": "Fitzgerald, who was at this moment engaged in a fierce confrontation with the Lady Anjilina, concurred dolefully, hitching his skirts with one hand and trying to hold off the expert swordsmistress with the other.",
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          "word": "deplorably"
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          "word": "dolorously"
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          "word": "ruefully"
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          "sense": "in a doleful manner",
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