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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 plaintively
 (ad.)可憐地;悲傷地

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Plain·tive a.
 1. Repining; complaining; lamenting.
 2. Expressive of sorrow or melancholy; mournful; sad. “The most plaintive ditty.”
 -- Plain*tive*ly, adv. -- Plain*tive*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 plaintively
      adv : in a plaintive manner; "the last note of the song rang out
            plaintively"