desolately

Definition of Desolately in English :

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Adverb

1. desolately, disconsolately

in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects

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Desolately

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adjective (ˈdɛsəlɪt )

1.

uninhabited; deserted

2.

made uninhabitable; laid waste; devastated

3.

without friends, hope, or encouragement; forlorn, wretched, or abandoned

4.

gloomy or dismal; depressing

verb (ˈdɛsəˌleɪt ) (transitive)

5.

to deprive of inhabitants; depopulate

6.

to make barren or lay waste; devastate

7.

to make wretched or forlorn

8.

to forsake or abandon

Desolately

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adjective

1.

left alone; lonely; solitary

2.

uninhabited; deserted

3.

made uninhabitable; laid waste; in a ruinous state

4.

forlorn; wretched

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈdesoˌlated or ˈdesoˌlating

5.

to make desolate; rid of inhabitants

6.

to make uninhabitable; lay waste; devastate

7.

to forsake; abandon

8.

to make forlorn, wretched, etc.

Desolately

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adj.

1.

a. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted: "streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate" (Daniel Defoe).

b. Barren; lifeless: the rocky, desolate surface of the moon.

2. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness. See Synonyms at sad.

tr.v. (-lāt′) des·o·lat·ed, des·o·lat·ing, des·o·lates

1. To rid or deprive of inhabitants.

2. To lay waste; devastate: "Here we have no wars to desolate our fields" (Michel Guillaume Jean de Crèvecoeur).

3. To forsake; abandon.

4. To make lonely, forlorn, or wretched.

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