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disheartenedly

disheartenedly adverb: in a disheartened manner, dispiritedly.

Adverb

disheartenedly (comparative more disheartenedly, superlative most disheartenedly)

  1. In a disheartened manner, dispiritedly.
    • […] when one looked, on arriving in India, to make acquaintance with the new conditions one learnt not only that they had not as yet come into being but that those responsible for their conception were, in many cases, still struggling disheartenedly to make a start.1906, H. F. Prevost Battersby, chapter XXXIV, in India under Royal Eyes, London: George Allen, page 416
    • The dog suffered my hand on his collar; he rose and shambled disheartenedly at my side, carrying the only luggage he possessed—his name and a broken heart.1944, Emily Carr, “Punk”, in The House of All Sorts

Forms of disheartenedly

comparativemore disheartenedly
superlativemost disheartenedly

Origin of disheartenedly

From disheartened + -ly.

Questions about disheartenedly

What does disheartenedly mean?
Disheartenedly means in a disheartened manner, dispiritedly.
What part of speech is disheartenedly?
Disheartenedly is an adverb.

Words near disheartenedly in the dictionary

  1. dishdashis
  2. disheart
  3. dishearted
  4. dishearten
  5. disheartened
  6. disheartenedly
  7. disheartener
  8. dishearteners
  9. disheartenest
  10. dishearteneth
  11. disheartening

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