hopelessly
adverb
hope·less·ly
ˈhō-pləs-lē 
: in a hopeless manner
—used especially as an intensifier
the formerly despised and hopelessly middle-class game of golf—
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Sacrifice captures the tenor of these high-end charity events that are attended by the famous and ultra-wealthy, and have a tendency to land somewhere between tone-deaf to hopelessly self-congratulatory.
—Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Never has a sunny morning seemed so arrestive, so hopelessly illuminative.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Each year, thousands of volunteers outplant tens of thousands of corals, only to watch restoration fall hopelessly behind the pace of destruction.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
During this encore of Snowball Earth, with the world imprisoned in ice once more, volcanic CO2 built back up in the atmosphere again, unchecked over millions of hopelessly cold years and eventually reaching outrageously high, nightmarish levels.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Never has a sunny morning seemed so arrestive, so hopelessly illuminative.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Each year, thousands of volunteers outplant tens of thousands of corals, only to watch restoration fall hopelessly behind the pace of destruction.
—Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
During this encore of Snowball Earth, with the world imprisoned in ice once more, volcanic CO2 built back up in the atmosphere again, unchecked over millions of hopelessly cold years and eventually reaching outrageously high, nightmarish levels.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Hopelessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hopelessly. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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