hopelessly

Adverb
  1. In a hopeless manner (synset 400202043)
    "the papers were hopelessly jumbled"; "he is hopelessly romantic"
    domain usage: colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
  2. In a dispirited manner without hope (synset 400319159)
    "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances"
    same as: dispiritedly
  3. Without hope;
    Desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success (synset 400201821)
    "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I must die,' he said hopelessly"

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