disconsolately
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dis·con·so·late
(dĭs-kŏn′sə-lĭt)adj.
1. Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected: disconsolate at the loss of the dog. See Synonyms at depressed.
2. Cheerless; gloomy: a disconsolate winter landscape.
[Middle English, from Medieval Latin discōnsōlātus : Latin dis-, dis- + cōnsōlātus, past participle of cōnsōlārī, to console; see console1.]
dis·con′so·late·ly adv.
dis·con′so·la′tion (-kŏn′sə-lā′shən) n.
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Adv. | 1. | disconsolately - in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects |
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