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disconsolately

disconsolately adverb: in a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.

Adverb

disconsolately (comparative more disconsolately, superlative most disconsolately)

  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.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 44
    • Disconsolately they shot the water-chute, swung on the swings, ate fairy floss from the booth like nostalgic exiles from fairyland.1961, Xavier Herbert, Soldiers' Women, Netley, SA: Fontana Books, published 1978, page 74

Synonyms of disconsolately

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Forms of disconsolately

comparativemore disconsolately
superlativemost disconsolately

Origin of disconsolately

From disconsolate + -ly.

Questions about disconsolately

What does disconsolately mean?
Disconsolately means in a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.
What part of speech is disconsolately?
Disconsolately is an adverb.

Words near disconsolately in the dictionary

  1. disconsiders
  2. disconsolacy
  3. disconsolance
  4. disconsolate
  5. disconsolated
  6. disconsolately
  7. disconsolateness
  8. disconsolation
  9. disconsolations
  10. disconsonance
  11. disconsonances

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