forlornly
adverb
forlornly is an adverb meaning “In a forlorn manner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-L-O-R-N-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 14 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does forlornly mean?
adverb
- 1
In a forlorn manner.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of forlornly
- more forlornly comparative
- most forlornly superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is forlornly?
Forlornly appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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).
Forlornly in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a forlorn manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | tristemente, desgraciadamente |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does forlornly come from?
From forlorn + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).