disconsolately

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconsolately
Adverb
  • Now, the 36-year-old grower, who inherited the generational plot from his father, can only wave his arm dejectedly at row after row of weak, spindly stems, the result of catastrophic floods that swept the South Asian nation’s agricultural heartland to a degree not experienced in three decades.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Immediately after his defeat, Medvedev violently smashed a racket in frustration and sat dejectedly on his chair for several minutes before leaving the court.
    Manasi Pathak, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Semi-autobiographical in one sense and despondently poetic in the other, The Stranger launched Camus’ career as a major 20th century author.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • O’Farrell’s words skip lightly on some pages, then pace with anxiety, then finally trudge along despairingly.
    The Know, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Ibsen’s title character is a spoiled, headstrong young woman who, newly and unhappily married to a dull scholar, enacts a Machiavellian scheme to advance his career and her social standing, with catastrophic results.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In season 3 of The Gilded Age, Gladys unhappily marries the Duke of Buckingham.
    Christopher Rudolph, People.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Mia plaintively asks Philip at one particularly vulnerable moment.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Adverb
  • Taylor makes a persuasive case for how artists can grow, if incrementally and maybe bitterly, amid so much numbing digital noise.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Fede knows the truth, but Roberto doesn’t, and Fede has held that over Antonio ever since, with Antonio bitterly blaming himself for his wife’s death.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Disconsolately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconsolately. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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