Definition of Lonesomely

1. Adverb. In a lonesome manner, in a way missing companionship. ¹

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Definition of Lonesomely

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lonesomely

lonelily
loneliness
lonelinesses
lonely
lonely(a)
lonelyheart
lonelyhearts
loneness
lonenesses
loner
loners
lonesome
lonesome(a)
lonesomely (current term)
lonesomeness
lonesomenesses
lonesomes
long
long, long lost
long-acting
long-acting thyroid stimulator
long-acuminate
long-ago
long-arm statute
long-arm statutes
long-awaited
long-beard
long-billed marsh wren

Literary usage of Lonesomely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Songs by the Sedges by Ellen Brainerd Peck (1905)
"In the garden that stretches down to the sea, To the whispering sedge At the water's edge, Where the wind creeps lonesomely. One big red rose In the garden ..."

2. Women of the South Distinguished in Literature by Mary Forrest (1866)
"... —lonesomely; At the window's height alway, She waves a scarf of colors gay, And in the distance, grim and grey, She seeth haunted ..."

3. Women of the South Distinguished in Literature by Julia Deane Freeman (1866)
"... Where doth dwell a lady fair With violet eyes and golden hair, lonesomelylonesomely; At the window's height alway, She waves a scarf of colors gay, ..."

4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1890)
"Away up overhead, among the pine-tops, a few large stars glimmered lonesomely. How far away seemed the world of my friends on whom these same stars were ..."

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