adverb
- in a lonely manner; with a feeling of solitude or isolation
Usage: rare or literary; not commonly used in modern English
Examples
- She walked lonelily through the empty streets at dusk.
- He sat lonelily in the corner of the café, watching others laugh together.
- The old house stood lonelily on the hilltop, surrounded by fields.
- After everyone left, she felt lonelily abandoned in the quiet room.