forlorn
adj
1 miserable, wretched, or cheerless; desolate
3 postpositive; foll by: of destitute; bereft
forlorn of hope
4 desperate
the last forlorn attempt
(Old English forloren lost, from forleosan to lose; related to Old Saxon farliosan, Gothic fraliusan, Greek luein to release)
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forlornly adv
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forlornness n