Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a lonesome manner.

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  • adverb In a lonesome manner, in a way missing companionship.

Etymologies

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lonesome +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • But, then again, most lamentably and lonesomely, can I be all that certain about you?

    Torture: Who Could Care? 2009

  • Sadly, lonesomely, she got into her hot bed, kicking the sheet away.

    The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron 2006

  • Sadly, lonesomely, she got into her hot bed, kicking the sheet away.

    The Higher Power of Lucky Susan Patron 2006

  • “Do the dogs go home?” said George, who saw one travelling lonesomely along the nearby road.

    Jennie Gerhardt 2004

  • She spent the day lonesomely enough, but when night fell her spirits brightened, and at a quarter of eight she set out.

    Jennie Gerhardt 2004

  • There were the remains of a few buildings she remembered, roofless brick walls through which the dull daylight shone, glassless windows gaping, chimneys towering lonesomely.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • There were the remains of a few buildings she remembered, roofless brick walls through which the dull daylight shone, glassless windows gaping, chimneys towering lonesomely.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • There were the remains of a few buildings she remembered, roofless brick walls through which the dull daylight shone, glassless windows gaping, chimneys towering lonesomely.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • There were the remains of a few buildings she remembered, roofless brick walls through which the dull daylight shone, glassless windows gaping, chimneys towering lonesomely.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

  • There were the remains of a few buildings she remembered, roofless brick walls through which the dull daylight shone, glassless windows gaping, chimneys towering lonesomely.

    Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996

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