despondently
adverb
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adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English despondent Middle English -ly English -ly English despondently From despondent + -ly.
- In a despondent manner.
“Behind this raw matter one of the reclaimed, the product of the new forces at work, strolled despondently, carrying a rifle by its middle.”