English dictionary

desperately

/'d/E/sp/@/r/I/tl/i/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adverb

with great urgency

adv.all

Examples
The soil desperately needed potash.

Synonyms urgently

Source: WordNet 3.0
in intense despair

adv.all

Examples
The child clung desperately to her mother.

Source: WordNet 3.0
In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought <i>desperately</i>.

adverb

Source: webster1913