forlornly
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adverb
[edit]forlornly (comparative more forlornly, superlative most forlornly)
- In a forlorn manner.
- 1953, John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes, page 163:
- 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.