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rue‧ful/ˈruːfəl/ adjective
feeling or showing that you wish you had not done something:
　 ▪ a rueful smile

—ruefully adverb:
　 ▪ He smiled ruefully.

adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rueful smilewritten (= when you feel slightly sad)
▪ ‘I’ve been pretty stupid, haven’t I?’ Harry said with a rueful smile.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
smile
▪ I shall never forget Jordi's face, his rueful smile, his fatalistic shrug as he was pushed into the car.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Jane looked at her with a rueful smile.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Celia and Brassard, who had overheard everything from the outer office, exchanged rueful glances.
▪ Then she pulled a rueful face.