forlornlyadv.
/fəˈlɔːnli/, U.S. /fərˈlɔrnli/ In a forlorn manner or degree.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adverb] > left alone
desolately1548
destitutely1548
forlornly1630
waif-wise1924
waifishly1980
1630 J. Gaule Defiance to Death 30 Why are you so desperately and forlornely afraid of death?
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 566 I will..goe up and downe heavily, and forelornely.
1879 ‘E. Garrett’ House by Wks. I. 170 She found the girl sitting forlornly on her low bed.
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