1. In a manner expressing sorrow, lamentation, or melancholy; in the style or manner of an elegy.
Usage: Literary and formal register; Often used to describe tone, mood, or manner of expression

Examples

• The poet spoke elegiacally about the loss of his childhood home.
• She sang the old ballad elegiacally, her voice heavy with emotion.
• The memorial service proceeded elegiacally, with solemn readings and quiet reflection.
• He wrote elegiacally of a bygone era that could never return.
• The orchestra played the final movement elegiacally, evoking deep sadness.
• The narrator described the abandoned village elegiacally, as if mourning its disappearance.