disconsolately

English

Etymology

disconsolate +‎ -ly

Adverb

disconsolately (comparative more disconsolately, superlative most disconsolately)

1. In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.
   • 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 44:

     From the bank the lamb looked at her, then faced round to the hut, and, baaing disconsolately, trotted a few paces back.

Synonyms

• (in a cheerless, dreary manner): bleakly, drearily
• (in a manner suggesting one's being beyond consolation): dejectedly, inconsolably, unconsolably

Antonyms

• consolably

Translations

In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation

• Catalan: desconsoladament (ca)
• Danish: trøstesløst
• Greek: απαρηγορήτως (aparigorítos)
• Russian: несчастно (ru) (nesčastno), безутешно (ru) (bezutešno)