desperately

English

Etymology

desperate +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹətli/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: des‧per‧ate‧ly

Adverb

desperately (comparative more desperately, superlative most desperately)

In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
She desperately grabbed at the nearby branches as she heard the branch she was standing on start to snap.

I could desperately do with some coffee right now.
extremely
The race for silver medal was desperately close, they needed a photo finish to separate the runners.

Collocations

Some verbs commonly collocating with desperately

desperately need something need something desperately
try desperately desperately try
seek desperately desperately seek
could desperately do with

Translations

in a desperate manner

Catalan: desesperadament (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拼命地 (zh) (pīnmìng de), 死命地 (zh) (sǐmìng de)
Czech: zoufale (cs)
Danish: desperat, fortvivlet
Dutch: wanhopig (nl)
Finnish: epätoivoisesti (fi)
French: désespérément (fr)
Galician: desesperadamente
German: verzweifelt (de)
Hebrew: נואשות (he) (noashot)
Japanese: 必死になって (ja) (ひっしになって, hisshi ni natte)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: desperat

Nynorsk: desperat
Portuguese: desesperadamente (pt)
Russian: отча́янно (ru) (otčájanno)
Spanish: desesperadamente

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