downheartedly
In low spirits
In a discouraged or dejected manner, with lowered spirits: She walked downheartedly back to her car after the rejection.
The adverb captures not just sadness but the specific deflation that comes from disappointment or defeat.
In a disheartened manner
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
- dispiritedlyIn a discouraged way
- disheartenedlyIn dispirited fashion
- crestfallenlyIn discouraged fashion
gloomily · mournfully · sorrowfully · forlornly · dismally · bleakly · woefully · melancholically
In a grieving way
- inconsolablyBeyond all comforting
- sorrowfullyIn a mourning way
- grievouslyIn a harmful manner
- plaintivelyIn a sad, longing manner
brokenly · wretchedly · despairingly · tragically · somberly · solemnly
dejectedly
In a disheartened manner
- despondentlyIn a hopeless manner
- dispiritedlyIn a discouraged way
- disheartenedlyIn dispirited fashion
crestfallenly · gloomily · mournfully · sorrowfully · forlornly · dismally · bleakly · woefully · melancholically · glumly
mournfully
In a grieving way
- inconsolablyBeyond all comforting
- sorrowfullyIn a mourning way
- grievouslyIn a harmful manner
plaintively · brokenly · wretchedly · despairingly · tragically · somberly · solemnly
downheartedlyhopefully
With optimistic expectation
optimistically · encouragingly · confidently · sanguinely · expectantly