Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Solitary; hence, sad; mournful.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Secret; hence, lonely; sad; mournful.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
secret ; hence,lonely ,sad ,mournful
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Examples
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The heavy branches stretched from either side, and Olive thought when she had passed this dernful alley she would have nothing more to fear; and she ran on blindly until she almost fell in the arms of someone whom she instantly believed to be Edward.
Muslin 1892
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