Meanings
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1
adv
in a hopeless manner
The papers were hopelessly jumbled.
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2
adv
In a manner showing no hope
The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer.
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3
adv
without hope
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4
adv
in a dispirited manner without hope
Thesaurus
Synonyms
3
adv
· without hope
bleakly
4
adv
· in a dispirited manner...
dispiritedly
Etymology
From hopeless + -ly.