desperately
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3.6
- adverb
- /ˈdɛspərɪtli/
- You have something I need desperately.
- desperately need
- desperately want
- desperately trying
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Watch on YouTubeWe are entering bad times, and we desperately need strong men.
- We are entering bad times, and we desperately need strong men.
- My mother desperately wanted to sign that list.
- This is that's there's no pain like desperately wanting another person.
- You're more likely to succeed when you no longer desperately need to succeed.
- But I try so desperately to have a heart that doesn't roam.
- On the other hand, it's desperately, desperately needing approval.
- In fact, they're pretty good if you're single and desperately trying to lose weight.
- But then one day they come back with the words you desperately wanted to hear.
- Our mind desperately wants to find control.
- You know, we desperately wanted, you know, we were so happy to have children.
- And one thing that a gaslighted person desperately wants is a grip on reality.
- No, if we screw up, we try desperately to hide it.
- I was missing the character that's I desperately wanted her back.
Examples
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We are entering bad times, and we desperately need strong men.
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After weeks of searching, he was desperately hoping to find a job before the bills were due.
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And in this place we can try desperately to please everyone.
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People who are looking for love, who desperately want to find love.
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My mother desperately wanted to sign that list.
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I, I desperately hope you got that story wrong.
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And you desperately want your daughter back.
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Our food supplies are now desperately low.
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The middle class was struggling desperately for its share of the good life.
Fiction book (1990) -
Alex nearly doubled over, his sides hurting as he desperately tried to catch his breath.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
50
4.4
In a hurried and worried way because of fear
46
2.1
In a way that needs attention right away
17
5.9
Very quickly because you are afraid of danger
1
4.3
In a soft, urgent way that asks for something
1
7.8
In a very urgent and determined way as if everything depended on it
1
7.8
In a begging way that shows strong need or hope
1
5.6
In a way that needs attention right away
1
7.5
In a very serious and urgent way
1
7.9
They try very hard and fast, as if they would lose everything
1
7.4
To ask for something in a pleading way
Antonyms
How Urgent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Desperately comes from despair, which comes from the parts de- ('without') and sperare ('to hope'). So to do something desperately is to act as if you are 'without hope', with great urgency or strong need.