disconsolately

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disconsolately

adverb more disconsolately · most disconsolately

  1. In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation. From the bank the lamb looked at her, then faced round to the hut, and, baaing disconsolately, trotted a few paces back.

    Similar: bleakly, drearily, dejectedly, inconsolably, unconsolably

Opposite: consolably

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adverb

Opposite: consolably

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adv In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation

Ελληνικάαπαρηγορήτως aparigorítos
Русскийнесчастно nesčastno, безутешно bezutešno, горько gorʹko, мрачно mračno

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@misc{disconsolately_2026,
  title = {disconsolately},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disconsolately},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}