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Meaning of lornly | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B1

Definitions

In a forlorn manner.

Examples

“"Ach, mein pauvre Genro," she said lornly. "Words there are not. You seek truly, but you know not what. You seek what I have found, but where I go, you cannot."”
“My 25-year-old heart felt a happy pride in reflecting that I had been chosen to preside in one of the noblest traditions of the House in which, a humble assistant, I was wandering lornly among wealthy invalids.”
“He saw himself reflected in Mhoram's eyes, saw himself standing lornly with what he had lost written in his face.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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