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forlornly

adv

Etymology

From forlorn + -ly.

  1. derived from *fraleusaną✻ — “to lose”
  2. inherited from *fraluzanaz✻
  3. inherited from forloren
  4. inherited from forlorn
  5. suffixed as forlornly — “forlorn + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a forlorn manner.

    • Her arms lay on the table in front of her, her head rested on them, with her hair straying over the littered pages of the novel. She was weeping forlornly, steadily.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA