desperately Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adverb with great urgency
urgently.
- health care reform is needed urgently
- the soil desperately needed potash
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adverb in intense despair
- the child clung desperately to her mother
WordNet
Des"per*ate*ly adverb
Definitions
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.
