Disconsolately
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Disconsolately is an adverb meaning In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.
Meaning
In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.
Example Sentences
From the bank the lamb looked at her, then faced round to the hut, and, baaing disconsolately, trotted a few paces back.
Disconsolately they shot the water-chute, swung on the swings, ate fairy floss from the booth like nostalgic exiles from fairyland.
Synonyms for disconsolately
Depending on context, synonyms include bleakly, drearily, dejectedly, inconsolably, unconsolably, desolately.
Antonyms for disconsolately
Common opposites include consolably.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include desolately, cheerlessly, despondently, unconsolingly, despairfully, despondingly.
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