Definition of Dejectedly

1. Adverb. In a dejected manner. "When she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen"

Exact synonyms: In Low Spirits
Partainyms: Dejected

Definition of Dejectedly

1. Adverb. In a dejected manner, in a dispirited way. ¹

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Definition of Dejectedly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dejectedly

deiterospinal tract
deiters nucleus
deities
deity
deitylike
deixes
deixis
deixises
deja voulu
deja vu
deja vu phenomenon
deja vus
deject
dejected
dejectedly (current term)
dejectedness
dejectednesses
dejecter
dejecters
dejecting
dejections
dejectly
dejectory
dejects
dejectures
dejeration
dejerations

Literary usage of Dejectedly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Damnation of Theron Ware by Harold Frederic (1896)
"If it was n't for that man Gorringe of yours," he said dejectedly, " I think / should feel like going off—and learning a trade. ..."

2. Letters Auxiliary to the History of Modern Polite Literature in Germany by Heinrich Heine (1836)
"dejectedly they took their leave ; for the sight of the tri-colored flag exorcises spectres of every kind. Oh, that I could stand upon the Cathedral of ..."

3. A New French and English Dictionary in Two Parts by William Cobbett (1833)
"... abattement, m. mélancolie,/.; faiblesse,/, (med1.) déjection,/. dejectedly, adv. d'un air affligé ou abattu. DF. ..."

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