dispiritedly
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There it sat, refusing to decompose, for several days, until I finally went out and dispiritedly moved both layers to the garbage can.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
Stenger could not muster much of an answer, practically inaudible as he dispiritedly debriefed the senators.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2021
A traveler in the rural South in the summertime is always eating dinner, dispiritedly, in the barely waning heat of the day.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2017
“Actually, I can’t vote for Bernie,” he told me dispiritedly.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 19, 2016
“I thought a Patronus would — charge the dementors down or something,” said Harry dispiritedly.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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