Forlornly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a forlorn manner.

    "Her arms lay on the table in front of her, her head rested on them, with her hair straying over the littered pages of the novel. She was weeping forlornly, steadily."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a forlorn manner wordnet

Synonyms

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desperatelyheartlessly

Example

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"Her arms lay on the table in front of her, her head rested on them, with her hair straying over the littered pages of the novel. She was weeping forlornly, steadily."

Etymology

From forlorn + -ly.

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