disconsolately

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Etymology

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From disconsolate +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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disconsolately (comparative more disconsolately, superlative most disconsolately)

  1. 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.
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