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Definition of "haggardly" [hag•gard•ly]

  • In a haggard manner. (adverb)

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Use "haggardly" in a sentence
  • "Pen had the boxes almost all to himself, and sate there lonely, with bloodshot eyes, leaning over the ledge, and gazing haggardly towards the scene, when Cora came in."
  • "It might have been fanciful to suppose that under their outer bearing there was something of the shamed air of two cheats who were linked together by concealed handcuffs; but, not so, to suppose that they were haggardly weary of one another, of themselves, and of all this world."
  • "Khemsa hauled himself to the edge and stared over, haggardly, his lips working as he mumbled to himself."