hopelessly

adverb hope·less·ly \ ˈhō-pləs-lē \

Updated on: 19 Apr 2018

Definition of hopelessly

: in a hopeless manner —used especially as an intensifier

the formerly despised and hopelessly middle-class game of golf
—Ejner Jensen

Recent Examples of hopelessly from the Web

Cable, very intensely played here by Austin Colby, whom director Maog clearly sees as a sensualist hopelessly lost in the fog of war.

— chris jones, chicagotribune.com, "Drury Lane’s ‘South Pacific’ has Broadway stars and layers of storytelling," 15 Apr. 2018
Perhaps the Republican base as currently constituted is hopelessly immune to reason and a reasonable person such as Brooks should instead refocus his political energies on curtailing its political power.

— jonathan chait, Daily Intelligencer, "The GOP’s Never-Trumpers Are Really Just Never-Democrats," 15 Apr. 2018
The hearings, hopelessly distant in technological time, are worth revisiting today.

— ian bogost, The Atlantic, "The Dot-Coms Were Better Than Facebook," 13 Apr. 2018
With Ramos suspended, Zinedine Zidane's team looked hopelessly unorganised against Juventus, and were arguably lucky to progress after scraping through 4-3 on aggregate after Cristiano Ronaldo's last-gasp penalty save his side's blushes.

— SI.com, "Banned Real Madrid Ace Could Miss Champions League Semi-Final After Committing New Offence," 12 Apr. 2018
Cosby's first trial last spring ended with the jury hopelessly deadlocked.

— sasha savitsky, Fox News, "Topless Cosby protester recalls thinking he was 'very nice guy': 'I definitely would have trusted him as well'," 11 Apr. 2018
The last trial: Cosby’s first trial ended in a hung jury and a mistrial in June, when jurors reported that they were hopelessly deadlocked and could not reach a verdict.

— jeremy roebuck, Philly.com, "Bill Cosby Retrial: Day-by-day updates," 6 Apr. 2018
But this Classic Cleveland gem dedicated to saving beautiful but battered old trains is waging a tougher battle – one pitched against time and the sense that these train romantics are hopelessly lost in it.

— john petkovic, cleveland.com, "Train lover's nirvana revisits Cleveland glory days (photos)," 22 Mar. 2018
At a time when the country seems hopelessly divided, health officials are here to remind us of something that unites Americans from all walks of life: deaths tied to opioid overdoses.

— karen kaplan, latimes.com, "Opioid overdose deaths are still rising in nearly every segment of the country, CDC says," 29 Mar. 2018

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