disconsolately, adv.
(dɪsˈkɒnsələtlɪ)
[f. disconsolate a. + -ly2.]
In a disconsolate manner; without comfort or consolation.
| 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xix. lxxix. (R.), Psyche here observ'd a serious maid..Upon the ground disconsolately laid. a 1717 Parnell Elysium (R.), There at a solemn tide, the beauties slain..Through gloomy light..In orgies, all disconsolately rove. 1830 J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. 98 Formal rows of Pollard Willows standing disconsolately by the sides of ditches. 1875 Farrar Seekers i. vi. 75 Peer about disconsolately amid insulting smiles. |