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View definitions for desperately

desperately

adverb as in severely

adverb as in frightfully

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My eyes have felt similarly as of late, wearied and underlined by dark circles after all their hours spent desperately seeking something exquisite.

From Salon

Manchester Coroner's Court heard he was "desperately unwell" when he was admitted to hospital months before his death and had lost more than half of his body weight.

From BBC

Since then, his wife and her lawyer have been trying desperately to win his return.

The stylist’s daughter found his bloody body, called 911 and tried desperately to save him — to no avail.

Existing research shows that low-income Americans have adopted this ethic and in fact desperately want to save — they even work the existing savings-unfriendly systems to try to force themselves to save.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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