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roryokane
5y ago
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Side note: “balefully” means “menacingly”, not “wistfully”.
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mangamadaiyan
5y ago
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According to Chambers, it can mean both "menacingly" and "gloomily":
https://chambers.co.uk/search/?query=baleful&title=21st
zomglings
5y ago
I actually meant "dolefully", but it came out "balefully". :)
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