Forlornly
[fə'lɔ:nli]
Definition
(adv.) in a forlorn manner; 'a single chicken was scratching forlornly in the yard'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a forlorn manner.
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Examples
- It seems as if half the house was gone, added Meg forlornly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mr. Snagsby casts his eye forlornly round the bar, gives Messrs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I haven't got any, said Meg forlornly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Margaret knew it all; she read it in Boucher's face, forlornly desperate and livid with rage. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- She could not roam about and amuse herself, for the burned breadth would show, so she stared at people rather forlornly till the dancing began. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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