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disconsolately

adverb

disconsolately is spelled D-I-S-C-O-N-S-O-L-A-T-E-L-Y: 14 letters. It appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, disconsolately means “In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in disconsolately?

Letters14: D-I-S-C-O-N-S-O-L-A-T-E-L-Y
In writingabout once in every 27 million words; the 157,761st most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is disconsolately?

Disconsolately appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of disconsolately

  • more disconsolately comparative
  • most disconsolately superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does disconsolately mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

  1. 1

    In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does disconsolately come from?

From disconsolate + -ly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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