desolately
/ˈdɛsələtli/
adverb
- In a way that shows great sadness, loneliness, or emptiness.
- The dog howled desolately after its owner left.
- He walked desolately through the empty halls of the old school.
- She stared desolately out the window at the rain.
- In a way that describes a place as empty, barren, or bleak.
- The beach stretched desolately under the gray sky, with no one in sight.
- The abandoned house stood desolately at the end of the road.
- The wind blew desolately across the frozen tundra.
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