— forlornly , adv. — forlornness , n.
/fawr lawrn"/ , adj.
1. desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
2. lonely and sad; forsaken.
3. expressive of hopelessness; despairing: forlorn glances.
4. bereft; destitute: forlorn of comfort.
[ bef. 1150; ME foreloren (ptp. of forlesen to lose completely), OE forloren (ptp. of forleosan ); c. OHG firliosan (G verlieren ), Goth fraliusan. See FOR-, LORN ]
Syn. 1. pitiful, pitiable, helpless, woebegone, comfortless. 2. alone, lost, solitary. See desolate. 4. deprived.
Ant. 1. happy. 2. accompanied.