desolatingly

English

Etymology

desolating +‎ -ly

Adverb

desolatingly (comparative more desolatingly, superlative most desolatingly)

1. So as to cause desolation.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

     In his absence, I think, she found herself desolatingly alone, though this was never acknowledged, but covered up by her 'affable' façade.