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desperately

[des-per-it-lee, -prit-] / ˈdɛs pər ɪt li, -prɪt- /


ADVERB
frightfully
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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The oil market desperately wants to move on from the Iran war.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

“A treatment desperately needed by patients will not be available,” Patel said on Friday.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

After last June’s 12-day war, the regime desperately needed some narrative of success.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

As their characters, Conforti, Blanchard and Ardies, deftly carve out discrete personalities beneath their plum-colored homogeneity, each playing a role that is, in turn, playing a role while also remaining desperately human.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

As you see, Penelope was desperately seeking her window of opportunity.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood




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