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desperately - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'desperately' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Desperately [ adv.]
- In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.

Meaning of 'desperately' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . desperately [ r]
Meaning (1):
- with great urgency
Example in sentence:
  • health care reform is needed urgently;
  • the soil desperately needed potash
Meaning (2):
- in intense despair
Example in sentence:
  • the child clung desperately to her mother

Nearby Words:

descant descanted descanter descanting descend descendant descended descendent descender descendibility

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