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desperately
adverb as in severely
adverb as in frightfully
Strongest matches
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This was it - the new era the fans so desperately wanted.
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That would prevent the town from the expansion it desperately needs to house the growing population.
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I knew part of me desperately wanted a chance to prove my mettle.
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He thinks the Democratic nominee will pick up the baton from de Blasio, who “took those programs away from communities that desperately needed them and wanted them.”
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He wanted desperately to win and I wish him well but it didn't work.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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