dejectedly
advUK /dɪˈdʒɛktədli/
Etymology From dejected + -ly.
1
In a dejected manner, in a dispirited way.
- "Don't we behave just as stupidly in our pursuit of happiness - don't we?" Simpson nodded dejectedly.1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 154:
- From his disembodied mind Gargravarr watched dejectedly.1995, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy: a Trilogy in Five Parts, →ISBN, page 202: