Does, perhaps, at night appear lonely (8)
I believe the answer is:
desolate
'lonely' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'does perhaps at night appear' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'does' is 'deso' which is within the answer.
'at' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for desolate that I've seen before include "alone" , "Barren" , "Miserable" , "extremely sad" , "Forlorn and unhappy" .)