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Definition
expressing sadness — sometimes with a plea for help
- Her tone, as she uttered the exclamation, had a plaintive and really exquisite melody thrilling through it, yet without subduing a certain something which an obtuse auditor might still have mistaken for asperity.Chapter 7 — The Guest (53% in)
There are no more uses of "plaintive" in The House of the Seven Gables.
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