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English
Etymology
From disheartened + -ly.
Adverb
disheartenedly (comparative more disheartenedly, superlative most disheartenedly)
- In a disheartened manner, dispiritedly.
1906, H. F. Prevost Battersby, chapter XXXIV, in India under Royal Eyes, London: George Allen, page 416:[…] when one looked, on arriving in India, to make acquaintance with the new conditions one learnt not only that they had not as yet come into being but that those responsible for their conception were, in many cases, still struggling disheartenedly to make a start.
1944, Emily Carr, “Punk”, in The House of All Sorts:The dog suffered my hand on his collar; he rose and shambled disheartenedly at my side, carrying the only luggage he possessed—his name and a broken heart.
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