dejectedly

1. 1.

   in a dejected manner

   “when she came back Sophie and Esther were sitting dejectedly in the kitchen”

   Synonymsin low spirits

Questions about dejectedly

What does dejectedly mean?

dejectedly means "in a dejected manner".

How many syllables are in dejectedly?

dejectedly has 4 syllables: de-jec-ted-ly. The stress falls on "jec".

What is another word for dejectedly?

Close synonyms include in low spirits. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dejectedly a common word?

dejectedly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.