lonesomely

Without any company

In a lonesome manner—with or expressing a sense of isolation or solitary sadness.

The adverb is uncommon, as lonesome itself already carries the emotional weight: She sat lonesomely by the window, watching the empty road.

isolation

solitarily

In isolated fashion

seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
solitudeState of being alone
hermitageSecluded religious dwelling

reclusively · withdrawal · remoteness · detachment · sequestered · cloistered · apart · unaccompanied · solo · independently

melancholy

wistfully

With pensive longing

sorrowfullyIn a mourning way
forlornlyIn hopeless sadness
desolatelyIn bleak isolation

mournfully · gloomily · pensively · plaintively · dolefully · somberly · despairingly · heartachingly · bleakly · dismally

longing

yearningly

With intense wistful desire

wistfullyWith pensive longing
piningAching with prolonged desire
achinglyWith painful intensity

nostalgically · wishfully · longingly · hungrily · desirously · ruefully · regretfully · mournfully · sentimentally · plaintively

Opposites

social company/togetherness

lonesomelygregariously

In an outgoing manner

sociably · companionably · together · collectively · communally

emotional tone/mood

lonesomelyfestively

In celebratory fashion

merrily · joyfully · cheerfully · vivaciously · jubilantly

Phrases

lonesome whistle
lonesome sound
Lonesome DoveEpic Western about aging lawmen
high lonesomePlaintive bluegrass vocal style

Family

lonesome, lonesomeness

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G