tearful
/ˈtɪɹfʊl/ adjective B2- Accompanied by tears; crying, or about to cry. · Aaron got a little tearful until Laura came to reassure him.
- Sorrowful.
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As Marilla watched the bright, animated face and graceful motions her thoughts went back to the evening Anne had arrived at Green Gables, and memory recalled a vivid picture of the odd, frightened child in her preposterous yellowish-brown wincey dress, the heartbreak looking out of her tearful eyes.
She and Matthew drove in one fine September morning, after a tearful parting with Diana and an untearful practical one--on Marilla’s side at least--with Marilla.
“Who can say whether we shall ever see them again?” said Morrel with tearful eyes.
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