Hopelessly

//ˈhoʊplɪsli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a manner showing no hope

    "The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer."

Adverb
  1. 1
    without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success wordnet
  2. 2
    in a hopeless manner wordnet
  3. 3
    in a dispirited manner without hope wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
desperatelydispiritedlydispiritedly

Example

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"Haiti is a nation that seems hopelessly impoverished."

Etymology

From hopeless + -ly.

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