desolatingly

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English

Etymology

From desolating +‎ -ly.

Adverb

desolatingly (comparative more desolatingly, superlative most desolatingly)

  1. So as to cause desolation.
    • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
      In his absence, I think, she found herself desolatingly alone, though this was never acknowledged, but covered up by her 'affable' façade.