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Definition of Forlornly
1. Adverb. In a forlorn manner. "A single chicken was scratching forlornly in the yard"
Definition of Forlornly
1. adv. In a forlorn manner.
Definition of Forlornly
1. Adverb. In a forlorn manner; done with intentions of abandonment. ¹
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Definition of Forlornly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forlornly
Literary usage of Forlornly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Columbian Magazine edited by John Inman, Robert A. West, Stephen M. Chester, Darius Mead (1845)
"Tbe phrase "forlornly brave," applied to the latter, м very significant : Who
... And poor, proud Byron, sad as grave And salt as life, forlornly brave, ..."
2. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1781)
"... a mournful willow Ev'ry night forlornly pining. ... forlornly is, we believe,
quite a new word, and waking pillows are things very ..."
3. A Diary of the Salisbury Parliament, 1886-1892 by Sir Henry William Lucy (1892)
"Mr. O'Brien, the ghost of his former self, forlornly hovers about the ...
Attempting to sit on two stools, Mr. O'Brien finds himself forlornly seated on the ..."
4. Full Up and Fed Up: The Worker's Mind in Crowded Britain by Whiting Williams (1921)
"... Chilean steamer and with our supply of chicken and beef crowing and bellowing
forlornly, headed down from Panama to Callao and Lima, Peru. ..."
5. Thoughts on the Poets by Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1846)
"The phrase " forlornly brave," applied to the latter, ... And poor, proud Byron,
sad as grave, And salt as life, forlornly brave, And grieving with the dart ..."
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