fretfully

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fretfully

/ˈfɹɛt.fə.li/

adverb more fretfully · most fretfully

In a fretful manner. “I am not going to run away, Papa,” said Kitty, fretfully; “if I should ever go to Brighton, I would behave better than Lydia.” “You go to Brighton!—I would not trust you so near it as East Bourne, for fifty pounds![…]”

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@misc{fretfully_2026,
  title = {fretfully},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fretfully},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}