lonesome
adjective
depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely.
lonesomely
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a word derived from
lonesome.
Example Sentences
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He was shopping for his wife at Selfridges department store and grabbed, as a stocking stuffer, a teddy bear that sat lonesomely on a shelf.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2017
Auburn Automobile seems to be felt lonesomely and dishearten without a friend, if so; will seek as 'where is my brother?'
From Time Magazine Archive
Staring lonesomely at the tossing Atlantic from the rail of a Liberty ship, Medical Corpsman Frank Hayostek felt a small notion growing big inside him.
From Time Magazine Archive
A lady cat strolled lonesomely along the gutter looking for adventure.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
From under the apple-trees the horses whinnied to him lonesomely.
From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
