All 3 Uses of
plaintive
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- Marilla herself, upon her return to the house, was agreeably surprised to hear a plaintive voice calling, "Marilla" over the banisters.†
Chpt 10 *
- "Dear me, there is nothing but meetings and partings in this world, as Mrs. Lynde says," remarked Anne plaintively, putting her slate and books down on the kitchen table on the last day of June and wiping her red eyes with a very damp handkerchief.†
Chpt 21
- That night, when Marilla went up to the east gable, where a white-faced girl was lying, a plaintive voice greeted her from the bed.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(plaintive) expressing sadness -- sometimes with a plea for help