If your elaborate magic trick goes awry, and instead of pulling a rabbit out of an audience member's shoe, you set the shoe on fire, you might give a rueful smile. Rueful means apologetic or remorseful.
Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
Adjective S.
feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
a.
Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
a.
Expressing sorrow.
Rueful
Two rueful figures, with long black cloaks.--
Causing one to rue or lament; woeful; mournful; sorrowful.
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