plaintively in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for plaintively in the English»Italian Dictionary

plaintively [Brit ˈpleɪntɪvli, Am ˈpleɪn(t)ɪvli] ADV

plaintively say:

plaintively

con voce lamentosa

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Then we entered the car, he looked at me plaintively, without lowering his eyes...

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Positioned between her thighs, he gazes plaintively into her eyes.

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It was delivered plaintively, not as a laugh line but as a weary, nervous plea.

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A group of children look plaintively up at a balloon floating towards some open clouds.

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It's more likely, plaintively calling and hoping to get a speckled mate with its call!

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The stranger buys drinks for the crowd, and then proceeds to the piano, where he plays a song that is alternately robust and then plaintively sad.

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To "pule" is to cry or wail, or to peep plaintively, as would a baby chick.

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Too many women's groups are plaintively asking for better access to the options open to men, on men's terms.

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Many of the young people they meet speak plaintively of getting their lives on track, saying that they crave stability and a family.

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All the same, researchers keep on plaintively making the case for traffic lights.

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