What part of speech is sorrowfully?

Sorrowfully can be categorized as an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. sorrowfully is an adverb.

Inflections

Adjective to adverb

What does sorrowfully mean?

Definitions

Adverb

sorrowfully - in a sorrowful manner
sorrowfully - with sadness; in a sorrowful manner; "his mother looked at him dolefully when he told her he had joined the Army"

Examples of sorrowfully

#   Sentence  
1. adv. They were sorrowfully silent.
2. adv. The sons sorrowfully buried their mother.
3. adv. The sons sorrowfully buried their parents.
4. adv. The sons sorrowfully buried their father.
5. adv. Mary sorrowfully buried her daughter.
6. adv. Mary sorrowfully buried her son.
7. adv. Mary sorrowfully buried her mother.
8. adv. Mary sorrowfully buried her father.
9. adv. The mother sorrowfully buried her son.
10. adv. The father sorrowfully buried his son.
11. adv. Certainly her mother wept bitterly and sorrowfully, but at the same time she said, "Pride goes before a fall! There was your misfortune, Inge! How you have grieved your mother."
12. adv. She felt so sad that when he was led away into the great building she dived sorrowfully into the water and made her way home to her father's palace.
Sentence  
adv.
They were sorrowfully silent.
The sons sorrowfully buried their mother.
The sons sorrowfully buried their parents.
The sons sorrowfully buried their father.
Mary sorrowfully buried her daughter.
Mary sorrowfully buried her son.
Mary sorrowfully buried her mother.
Mary sorrowfully buried her father.
The mother sorrowfully buried her son.
The father sorrowfully buried his son.
Certainly her mother wept bitterly and sorrowfully, but at the same time she said, "Pride goes before a fall! There was your misfortune, Inge! How you have grieved your mother."
She felt so sad that when he was led away into the great building she dived sorrowfully into the water and made her way home to her father's palace.

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