disconsolately
English
Etymology
disconsolate + -ly
Adverb
disconsolately (comparative more disconsolately, superlative most disconsolately)
- In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.
- 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:
- From the bank the lamb looked at her, then faced round to the hut, and, baaing disconsolately, trotted a few paces back.
Synonyms
- (in a cheerless, dreary manner): bleakly, drearily
- (in a manner suggesting one's being beyond consolation): dejectedly, inconsolably, unconsolably
Antonyms
Translations
In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation
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