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melancholy

/ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.li/ adjetivo C2
  1. Affected with great sadness or depression. (literary) · Melancholy people don't talk much.
  2. Suggestive of wistfulness or subdued emotion.
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“Well, I’ve tried to say “How doth the little busy bee,” but it all came different!” Alice replied in a very melancholy voice.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 32 · B2
“What trial is it?” Alice panted as she ran; but the Gryphon only answered “Come on!” and ran the faster, while more and more faintly came, carried on the breeze that followed them, the melancholy words:—
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 83 · B2
It was worth while, truly,” added the young man with a melancholy smile, “to make war against the English for ten years, and to die in his bed at last, like everybody else.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 3 · C1
“I wish I hadn’t mentioned Dinah!” she said to herself in a melancholy tone.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 21 · B2

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