Dictionary entry

Forlornly

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Definition

forlorn / fǝ'lↄ:n / adj ၁။ (က) အထီးက်န္ျဖစ္ေသာ။ ခိုကိုးရာမဲ့။ She looked very forlorn standing there in the pouring rain. (ခ) ပစ္စလက္ခတ္ထားေသာ။ Empty houses quickly take on a forlorn look. ၂။ ေအာင္ျမင္ရန္မရိွ။ အမွန္ ျဖစ္လာ ႏိုင္ေျခမရိွ။ ျဖစ္လာႏိုင္စရာမရိွ။ make a forlorn attempt to lose weight. ❍ She waited in the forlorn hope/ belief that he would come back and marry her one day. forlornly adv

Examples

  1. We watched her
  2. a forlorn figure alone on the platform.
  3. One of London’s best-loved landmarks now stands forlorn and almost derelict.
  4. [forlorn hope] : He knew that winning a medal was a forlorn hope.