hopelessly

adverb

hope·​less·​ly ˈhō-pləs-lē 

: in a hopeless manner

stared hopelessly out the window

—used especially as an intensifier

hopelessly optimistic

They fell hopelessly in love.

… the formerly despised and hopelessly middle-class game of golf.

—Ejner Jensen

Examples of hopelessly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Perhaps Michael Scott, the hopelessly inappropriate and often offensive lead character of the sitcom The Office, would have loved ancient Greece. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

If California is the best state to eat in the country, and if, like me, your brain is hopelessly food-wired, this makes California arguably the best place to live among these United States. — Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman declared a mistrial July 21 after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked on the remaining homicide charges against Martin and Payton. — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Youth sports, once the redoubt of aimless childhood play, have become hopelessly commercialized. — Nora Kenney Mittiga, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above