Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forlornly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: for-lorn-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a forlorn manner.

Example Sentences

"Her arms lay on the table in front of her, her head rested on them, with her hair straying over the littered pages of the novel. She was weeping forlornly, steadily."

Etymology

Etymology tree English forlorn Middle English -ly English -ly English forlornly From forlorn + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more forlornly (comparative) most forlornly (superlative)

Questions

What does forlornly mean?: In a forlorn manner.
Where does forlornly come from?: Etymology tree English forlorn Middle English -ly English -ly English forlornly From forlorn + -ly.

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