DESPERATELY
Dictionary entry overview: What does desperately mean? • DESPERATELY (adverb)
The adverb DESPERATELY has 2 senses:
1. with great urgency
2. in intense despair
Familiarity information: DESPERATELY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DESPERATELY (adverb)
Meaning:
With great urgency
Synonyms:
desperately; urgently
Context examples:
health care reform is needed urgently / the soil desperately needed potash
Pertainym:
desperate (showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire)
Meaning:
In intense despair
Context example:
the child clung desperately to her mother
Pertainym:
desperate (arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope)
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