dejectedly

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Dejectedly Rab Butler slumped offstage, embarrassed by his first pronounced failure in nine months on the boards of Parliament.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dejectedly, some JPL scientists suggested that it would be best to fire Surveyor's retrorocket immediately, placing the craft in high earth orbit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dejectedly Matthias sat down on a heap of rock and rubble that had been there since the invasion.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Dejectedly, as one Who wearied in a race, despairs to reach The destined goal, nor yet consents to leave His compeers masters of an unwon field.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard

Dejectedly he declares: “There is falseness even in the calm air and the sunshine, and I feel that happiness has no place in my lot.”

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto