What does "disconsolately" mean?

In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.

What is a synonym for "disconsolately"?

Common synonyms include: bleakly, bleakly, dejectedly, dejectedly, desolately, drearily.

adv

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Adverb

1
In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.
"From the bank the lamb looked at her, then faced round to the hut, and, baaing disconsolately, trotted a few paces back."

Adverb

1
in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects wordnet

"From the bank the lamb looked at her, then faced round to the hut, and, baaing disconsolately, trotted a few paces back."

From disconsolate + -ly.

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