desolatingly
English
Etymology
desolating + -ly
Adverb
desolatingly (comparative more desolatingly, superlative most desolatingly)
- So as to cause desolation.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- In his absence, I think, she found herself desolatingly alone, though this was never acknowledged, but covered up by her 'affable' façade.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings