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desperately
Variant of desperate
adjective
- driven to or resulting from loss of hope; rash or violent because of despair: a desperate criminal
- having a very great desire, need, etc.: desperate for affection
- offering so little chance, as for improvement, as to cause despair; extremely dangerous or serious: a desperate illness
- extreme; drastic: in desperate need
- Archaic despairing; without hope
Related Forms:
- desperately adverb
- desperateness noun
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