In a sad, sorrowful, or mournful manner; with expressions of deep grief or sadness.
Formed by adding the adverbial suffix '-ly' to 'dolorous', following standard English patterns for converting adjectives to adverbs. The '-ly' suffix comes from Old English '-lice', meaning 'in the manner of'.
Adding '-ly' to adjectives is one of English's most productive word-building tricks, and 'dolorously' shows how a single Latin root can branch into different grammatical forms that all share the same core meaning of sorrow.
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