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Hopelessly Common

Hopelessly has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adverb

Definitions
Adverb
1

in a hopeless manner

"the papers were hopelessly jumbled"

"he is hopelessly romantic"

2

in a dispirited manner without hope

"the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances"

3

without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success

"he hung his head hopelessly"

"`I must die,' he said hopelessly"

4

In a manner showing no hope

Example Sentences
"the papers were hopelessly jumbled" adverb
"he is hopelessly romantic" adverb
"the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances" adverb
"he hung his head hopelessly" adverb
"`I must die,' he said hopelessly" adverb
Related Terms
Antonyms
hopefully
Rhyming Words
sly wisly srsly on sly measly grisly thusly horsly massly crossly bogusly piously grossly pressly crassly kingsly needsly joyously diversly fumously
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