desperately

des·per·ate·ly

adv \ˈdes-p(ə-)rət-lē, -pərt-\

Definition of DESPERATELY

1

: in a desperate manner <struggling desperately>

2

: extremely, terribly <desperately tired> <desperately important>

Examples of DESPERATELY

1. <all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong>

First Known Use of DESPERATELY

circa 1547

Related to DESPERATELY

Synonyms: achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, very, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, spanking, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly

Antonyms: little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat

Related Words: absolutely, altogether, completely, downright, entirely, flat-out, fully, positively, purely, radically, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly; deeply, profoundly; exceptionally, notably, remarkably; considerably, extensively, significantly, substantially; appreciably, discernibly, markedly, noticeably, obviously, palpably, plainly, visibly; abundantly, plentifully; astronomically, grandly, monstrously, monumentally; excessively, obscenely, overmuch; amazingly, astonishingly, staggeringly

Near Antonyms: meagerly, scantily; barely, hardly, just, marginally, minimally, scarcely

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