dejectedlyadv.
/dɪˈdʒɛktɪdli/ In a dejected manner.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adverb]
ungladly?c1225
wanlyc1275
dolefullyc1290
ruefullya1300
elengelyc1305
heavisomelya1382
lumpishlyc1450
tristily?c1450
dowlyc1540
unjoyfully1553
tragically1567
dully1600
tragicly1604
heartlessly1606
unjovially1607
dejectedly1611
dejectly1611
disconsolately1614
dumpishly1621
uncheerfullya1628
dolorously1638
mopishly1651
despondingly1656
despondentlya1677
unhappily1688
dismally1709
gloomily1727
grumly1727
joylessly1766
mopingly1788
sombrously1796
glumly1805
malagrugrously1818
funerally1829
broodingly1834
unenjoyingly1844
downheartedly1847
unblissfully1849
droopingly1852
dreichly1853
sombrely1860
dispiritedly1864
glumpily1865
pleasurelessly1873
depressedly1880
chapfallenly1883
sighfully1900
bleakly1938
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Bassement, basely, lowly, deiectedly.
1675 T. Brooks Golden Key 271 As he stood bound before the Palace, leaning dejectedly upon a tree.
1805 W. Scott Lay of Last Minstrel i. Concl. 30 Dejectedly, and low, he bowed.
1881 M. E. Braddon Asphodel II. 256 Those early comers who roam about empty halls dejectedly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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