Meaning of DESPERATELY
| Pronunciation: | | 'despuritlee
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- [adv] with great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash"
- [adv] in intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her mother"
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Des"per*ate*ly\, adv.
In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety;
recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.
She fell desperately in love with him. --Addison.
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| | Related Terms: | | a corps perdu, carelessly, demonically, fanatically, fiercely, forlornly, frantically, frenetically, furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head, helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hopelessly, hotheadedly, hotly, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, impetuously, impossibly, like crazy, like mad, like one possessed, madly, overeagerly, overenthusiastically, overzealously, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, ramble-scramble, recklessly, severely, slam-bang, slap-bang, slapdash, uncontrollably, violently, wantonly, wildly |
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