He's desperately trying to make up for the delay.
Source: tatoeba (301508)
Desperately
//ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹətli//
Synonyms for "desperately" (53 found)
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Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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2 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 20 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- desesperadament adv (in a desperate manner)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 拼命地 adv (in a desperate manner)
- 死命地 adv (in a desperate manner)
Czech
1 entries- zoufale adv (in a desperate manner)
Danish
2 entries- desperat adv (in a desperate manner)
- fortvivlet adv (in a desperate manner)
Dutch
1 entries- wanhopig adv (in a desperate manner)
Esperanto
1 entries- malespere adv (in a desperate manner)
Finnish
1 entries- epätoivoisesti adv (in a desperate manner)
French
1 entries- désespérément adv (in a desperate manner)
Galician
1 entries- desesperadamente adv (in a desperate manner)
German
1 entries- verzweifelt adv (in a desperate manner)
Hebrew
1 entries- נואשות adv (in a desperate manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- kétségbeesetten adv (in a desperate manner)
Japanese
1 entries- 必死になって adv (in a desperate manner)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- desperat adv (in a desperate manner)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- desperat adv (in a desperate manner)
Polish
2 entries- desperacko adv (in a desperate manner)
- rozpaczliwie adv (in a desperate manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- desesperadamente adv (in a desperate manner)
Russian
1 entries- отча́янно adv (in a desperate manner)
Spanish
1 entries- desesperadamente adv (in a desperate manner)
Ukrainian
2 entries- відчайду́шно adv (in a desperate manner)
- розпа́чливо adv (in a desperate manner)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
She wanted desperately to get her vengeance.
Source: tatoeba (311888)
A noob once met Betty and while desperately trying hard not to get killed, ended up killing himself.
Source: tatoeba (584786)
Tom wanted desperately to believe what Mary said was true.
Source: tatoeba (1040532)
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