† deˈjectly, adv. Obs.
[f. deject ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a ‘deject’ manner, dejectedly.
| 1611 Cotgr., Peneusement, deiectly, heartlesly. 1653 Cloria & Narcissus i. 50 It doth not become a Prince of your birth..to entertaine dejectly these passages. 1767 H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1859) II. 237 (D.), I rose dejectly, curtsied, and withdrew without reply. |