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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Murne-,) Mournfuily, adv. [e.m.E. mournfully (Shakespeare).] In a manner calculated to cause grief, deplorably, grievously. —16.. Anal. Scot. II. 163.
Thus mournfully treating her husband, making him suffer want two years
