desolately, disconsolately
(adverb) in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
disconsolately (comparative more disconsolately, superlative most disconsolately)
In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.
• (in a cheerless, dreary manner): bleakly, drearily
• (in a manner suggesting one's being beyond consolation): dejectedly, inconsolably, unconsolably
• consolably
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*con"so*late, n.
Definition: Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.
Dis*con"so*late, a. Etym: [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.]
1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden.
2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. Ray.
Syn.
– Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy.
– Dis*con"so*late*ly, adv.
– Dis*con"so*late*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
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