forlornly
In sad isolation
Forlornly means in a manner showing sadness, loneliness, or abandonment.
Someone who stares forlornly out a window appears lost in melancholy.
The word often suggests hopelessness or desolation: The dog waited forlornly by the door for its owner to return.
In a sorrowful manner
- mournfullyIn a grieving way
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- plaintivelyIn a sad, longing manner
- woefullyIn a lamentable way
tearfully · heartbrokenly · pitifully · pathetically · dolefully · ruefully · melancholically · wretched
In a hopeless manner
- helplesslyWithout ability to cope
- futilelyIn a fruitless manner
- resignedlyWith weary acceptance
- defeatedlyIn a vanquished manner
hopelessly · bleakly · dejectedly · despondently · discouragedly · dismally · gloomily · pessimistically
sadly
In a sorrowful manner
- mournfullyIn a grieving way
- wistfullyWith pensive longing
- plaintivelyIn a sad, longing manner
woefully · tearfully · heartbrokenly · pitifully · pathetically · dolefully · ruefully · melancholically · wretched · piteously
despairingly
In a hopeless manner
- helplesslyWithout ability to cope
- futilelyIn a fruitless manner
- resignedlyWith weary acceptance
defeatedly · hopelessly · bleakly · dejectedly · despondently · discouragedly · dismally · gloomily · pessimistically · wearily
forsaken
Completely abandoned or discarded
- desertedLeft behind, uninhabited
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
jilted · left behind · cast aside · discarded · rejected · shunned · disowned · orphaned · neglected · forgotten
forlornlyhappily
In a joyful manner
cheerfully · joyfully · merrily · gleefully · blissfully
forlornlyhopefully
With optimistic expectation
optimistically · enthusiastically · expectantly · confidently · eagerly
- forlorn hopeFaint, unlikely expectation