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French
Etymology
From triste (“sad”) + -ment (adverb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
Adverb
tristement
- sadly, gloomily, sorrowfully, miserably
- tristement célèbre ― infamous, sadly notorious
1668, Jean de La Fontaine, Fables, volume VII, section 11:Un mort s’en allait tristement s’emparer de son dernier gîte […]- A dead man was going sorrowfully to take possession of his final resting-place
1996, Louis Boyé, Un jour, le grand bateau viendra : Chronique de la résistance, L’Harmattan, Paris, page 359:Nous errons tristement dans les rues quand nous avisons une compagnie de la Wehrmacht en train de popoter à la roulante sur la place du village.- We're wandering miserably through the streets when we catch sight of a company of Wehrmacht in the process of making a meal at the mobile canteen in the village square.
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