1. in a manner that sounds deeply mournful or resonant
Usage: literary

Examples

• The church bells rang plangently across the empty countryside.
• She spoke plangently about her lost childhood home.
• The violin’s notes echoed plangently through the concert hall.
• The wind howled plangently through the bare trees.
• His voice carried plangently over the memorial service.
• The foghorn sounded plangently in the harbor at dawn.