Meanings
adverbforlornly (comparative more forlornly, superlative most forlornly)
comparative more forlornly · superlative most forlornly
- 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.
1953, John Wyndham, The Kraken Wakes, page 163
Origin
Translations
Polish samotnie
- samotniein a forlorn manner
Russian одиноко, покинуто
- одиноко (odinoko)in a forlorn manner
- покинуто (pokinuto)in a forlorn manner
- несчастно (nesčastno)in a forlorn manner
- жа́лко (žálko)in a forlorn manner
Spanish tristemente, desgraciadamente
- tristementein a forlorn manner
- desgraciadamentein a forlorn manner
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