desperately

des-per-ate-ly · adverb

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Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    In a way that shows despair or desperation.

  2. 2.

    Used to emphasize how extreme or serious something is.

  3. 3.

    Very much; to a great degree.

Related words

Antonyms: calmly, casually
See also: desperate, desperation, urgently
Synonyms: badly, frantically, hopelessly, seriously, urgently

Etymology

From desperate + -ly, from Latin desperatus meaning "having lost hope."