dispiritedly
advEtymology From dispirited + -ly.
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In a dispirited manner.
- Cora's dazed stare followed them to earth and returned to Bradly, still unable to visualize him as a pauper. Bradly, having done with pretences and illusions, now dispiritedly accepted the inevitable.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 209:
- "Ah, well," he said, shrugging his shoulders dispiritedly.1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 45: