desperately
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In one experiment K. became 'desperately tired of yellow,' which was the presented color, so that his 'mind was ready to jump to any color rather than yellow.'
From Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory. by Münsterberg, Hugo
Clare enjoyed the reputation of being 'desperately haunted' from, at any rate, 1865 down to its dismantling.
From True Irish Ghost Stories by Seymour, St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt)
We are told that the world is 'desperately wicked'.
From The Egoist by Meredith, George
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