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

Think the Supreme Court is hopelessly divided? — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 25 June 2026

Each one of those endeavors has given me belief in myself, usually at times in my life when things have felt hopelessly off-course. — Kimberly McCreight, Time, 3 June 2026

They are also hopelessly confounded by other policy changes that occurred in that window. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

Where the most hopelessly corny sayings are painstakingly stitched into the equivalent of cloth graph paper by women who believe in the sayings and give the plaques to people who do not believe in the sayings. — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above