What part of speech is plaintively?

Plaintively can be categorized as an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. plaintively is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective to adverb

What does plaintively mean?

Definitions

Adverb

plaintively - in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang out plaintively"

Examples of plaintively

#   Sentence  
1. adv. The last note of the song rang out plaintively.
2. adv. The dog scratched at the back door and whined plaintively, hoping someone would let him in the house.
Sentence  
adv.
The last note of the song rang out plaintively.
The dog scratched at the back door and whined plaintively, hoping someone would let him in the house.

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