Lonesomely

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lonesome \Lone"some\, a. [Compar. {Lonesomer}; superl.
     {Lonesomest}.]
     1. Secluded from society; not frequented by human beings;
        solitary.
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              Like one that on a lonesome road
              Doth walk in fear and dread.          --Coleridge.
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     2. Conscious of, and somewhat depressed by, solitude; as, to
        feel lonesome.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Lone"some*ly}, adv. --
        {Lone"some*ness}, n.
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