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MELANCHOLICALLY
Etymology
Adverb
melancholically (comparative more melancholically, superlative most melancholically)
In a melancholic manner.
Source: Wiktionary
MELANCHOLIC
Mel"an*chol`ic, a. Etym: [L. melancholicus, Gr. mélancholique.]
Definition: Given to melancholy; depressed; melancholy; dejected; unhappy. Just as the melancholic eye Sees fleets and armies in the sky. Prior.
Mel"an*chol`ic, n. [Obs.]
1. One affected with a gloomy state of mind. J. Spenser.
2. A gloomy state of mind; melancholy. Clarendon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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