Definition of "dispiritedly" [dispiritedly]

• In a dispirited manner. (adverb)

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• "But arguing is a lot better than whatever the christ they started out wanting to do to me, and usually, in the course of the debate, I'll either convince at least a few of them that I actually AM invisible and they really CAN'T see me and I really DID just duck into an alley a bit further down the street, and then they'll kind of dispiritedly trail off in that direction but their hearts really aren't in it... or I'll wake myself up, which is, you know, probably the best course of action, all the way around."
• "But now the brambles drooped dispiritedly, their branches a gnarled mass of stiff, brown twigs."
• "But then, realizing that even the great Mr. Stern might have met his match when it came to newspaper boxes, Ms. Hirsch wondered dispiritedly, "Am I exaggerating his influence?""