Meaning & Definition of Desperately in English
English⟶
Desperately
/dɛspərətli/
adverb
1. With great urgency
- "Health care reform is needed urgently"
- "The soil desperately needed potash"
synonym:
- urgently,
- desperately
2. In intense despair
- "The child clung desperately to her mother"
synonym:
- desperately
Examples of using
I desperately need a car.
A noob once met Betty and while desperately trying hard not to get killed, ended up killing himself.
She needed the money desperately.