desolately
- a word derived from desolate.
Example Sentences
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Villeneuve and cinematographer Greig Fraser present the Harkonnen world in stark black-and-white, a contrast to the noble Atreides’ verdant home planet of Caladan and the desolately beautiful Arrakis inhabited by the fierce and resilient Fremen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2024
Thirty years ago, the rosarian would have looked desolately to the heavens.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2021
I wrote back to the Chandler estate to ask whether its executors might consider my making Marlowe old, alone and desolately marooned in the year 1988.
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2018
Jagu wails desolately, like a child who is being punished for a transgression that he does not understand.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 28, 2016
No, I thought desolately, but I could not say it.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
