elegiacally

/ˌɛlɪˈdʒaɪəkəli/
adverb
  1. In a mournful or sorrowful manner, as if lamenting something lost.
    • The music faded elegiacally, leaving the audience in silence.
    • He looked elegiacally at the empty playground where his children used to play.
    • She spoke elegiacally about the old neighborhood that had been torn down.
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