dejectedly

The former Bush aide did not respond, instead looking dejectedly at the table.

When I watched other shows in which people dejectedly shook their heads, slowly put on their cowboy hats and then sadly — maybe … sexy-sadly? — stammered wisdom, I thought, “What ever happened to that hole show?”

The woman looked at the lengthy expanse of curious New Yorkers and said, somewhat dejectedly: “Okay”.

Finally, she sighed dejectedly and her face fell.

On Thursday, he dejectedly dismantled the shanty, which was in about three inches of water.