 desperately |
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| 1. | [ adverb ] with great urgency | |
| Synonyms: | urgently | |
| Examples: | "health care reform is needed urgently" "the soil desperately needed potash" |
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| Related terms: | pressing desperate pressing desperate | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] in intense despair | |
| Examples: | "the child clung desperately to her mother" |
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| Related terms: | despairing despairing | |
| Similar spelling: |
desperate desperation desperado dispersal |
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