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heavy-heartedly
adverb
uk /ˌhev.iˈhɑː.tɪd.li/ us /ˌhev.iˈhɑːr.t̬ɪd.li/
in a way that shows great sadness:
The team filed slowly and heavy-heartedly into the locker room following the loss that ended their season.
They heavy-heartedly went back to the charred house to see if there was anything left to salvage from the fire.
After three years in business, the owners of the struggling restaurant heavy-heartedly made the decision to close for good.
Heavy-heartedly, the mayor announced that two brave firefighters had perished in the blaze.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Feeling sad and unhappy
a long faceidiom
abjection
angsty
be cut upidiom
be down in the mouthidiom
be in a funkidiom
dismayed
displeased
dissatisfied
distraught
distressed
lonely
lonesome
lovelorn
lovesick
wistful
wistfully
woe
woe is meidiom
woebegone
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