forlornly

as inunhappily

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adv miserably

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Word Origin & History

mid-12c., forloren "disgraced, depraved," past participle of obsolete forlesan "be deprived of, lose, abandon," from Old English forleosan "to lose, abandon, let go; destroy, ruin," from for- "completely" + leosan "to lose" (see lose). In the Mercian hymns, Latin perditionis is glossed by Old English forlorenisse.

Sense of "forsaken, abandoned" is 1530s; that of "wretched, miserable" first recorded 1580s. A common Germanic compound (cf. Old Saxon farilosan, Old Frisian urliasa, Middle Dutch verliesen, Dutch verliezen, Old High German virliosan, German verlieren, Gothic fraliusan "to lose").

Commonly in forlorn hope (1570s), which is a partial translation of Dutch verloren hoop, in which hoop means "troop, band," literally "heap," and the sense of the whole phrase is of a suicide mission. The phrase is usually used incorrectly in English, and the misuse has colored the sense of forlorn. Related: Forlornly; forlornness.

Example Sentences for forlornly

"Well—I don't know what Jerry will do," sighed Gyp forlornly.

"It is not me he would have now, but his way," she said forlornly.

"I'm afeared, then, I won't be able to claim that there money," he said forlornly.

“I shall have stage-fright and spoil everything,” declared Roberta forlornly.

"It was only because I didn't like myself," said dear Becky forlornly.

"Then we dassent to go, the while we ain't none of us got no sickness," cried Eva forlornly.

But by the time we came across them the commandos were forlornly dispersing.

He turned to Jeremy who, poor boy, was utterly and forlornly seasick.

Then he had strolled off forlornly and in silence toward the garage.

He looked up at her with a smile, and he could not see how forlornly she returned it.

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