"ruefully" meaning in English

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      "form": "more ruefully",
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        "In a rueful manner; causing, feeling, or expressing regret or sorrow."
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          "rueful"
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          "regret",
          "regret"
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          "sorrow",
          "sorrow"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sadly"
        },
        {
          "word": "sorrowfully"
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        {
          "word": "mournfully"
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        {
          "word": "regretfully"
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          "roman": "grustno",
          "sense": "in a rueful manner; causing, feeling or expressing regret or sorrow",
          "word": "грустно"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "pečalʹno",
          "sense": "in a rueful manner; causing, feeling or expressing regret or sorrow",
          "word": "печально"
        },
        {
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          "roman": "unylo",
          "sense": "in a rueful manner; causing, feeling or expressing regret or sorrow",
          "word": "уныло"
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  "word": "ruefully"
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