Usually means: Desolate or sad and abandoned.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word Forlornly:

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  1. forlornly: Merriam-Webster
  2. forlornly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forlornly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. forlornly: Vocabulary.com
  5. forlornly: Wordnik
  6. forlornly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. forlornly: Wiktionary
  8. Forlornly, forlornly: Dictionary.com
  9. Forlornly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. forlornly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. forlornly: Rhymezone
  12. Forlornly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. forlornly: FreeDictionary.org
  14. forlornly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. forlornly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. forlornly: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a forlorn manner.

Similar:
lornly, despairfully, desolately, despondingly, despondently, despairingly, gloomfully, tristfully, lamentingly, dismally, more...

Opposite:
hopefully, optimistically, cheerfully

Types:
dejectedly, hopelessly, despairingly, desolately, more...

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Similar:
lornly, despairfully, desolately, despondingly, despondently, despairingly, gloomfully, tristfully, lamentingly, dismally, more...

Opposite:
hopefully, optimistically, cheerfully

Types:
dejectedly, hopelessly, despairingly, desolately, more...



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