To sign lonely in ASL, hold up your index finger in front of your lips, with the other fingers folded in. Draw the finger slowly down from your lips to your chin and hold it there for a moment. Push your lips out a little to match the feeling.
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How to sign it
Handshape: the index finger pointing up, the other fingers folded in.
Location: in front of your lips.
Movement: draw the finger slowly down to your chin and hold it there for a moment.
Facial expression: lips pushed out a little.
Use it in a sentence
GRANDMA LONELY.
Grandma is lonely.
This video shows one way to sign lonely. Lifeprint describes the index finger making two small circles in front of the lips.
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Description checked against AISA's own video (the reference); Lifeprint (ASL University), lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/l/lonely.htm.
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