rueful

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

RUEFUL, a ru'ful. [rue and full.] 1. Woeful; mournful; sorrowful; to be lamented. Spur them to rueful work. 2. Expressing sorrow. He sigh'd and cast a rueful eye.
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