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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ruefully
 (ad.)悲傷地;憐憫地;可憐地

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rue·ful a.
 1. Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
 2. Expressing sorrow. “Rueful faces.”
    Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks.   --Sir W. Scott.
 -- Rue*ful*ly, adv. -- Rue*ful*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 ruefully
      adv : in a rueful manner; "`I made a big mistake,' he said
            ruefully" [syn: contritely, remorsefully]