| 释义 |
deˈspairingly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a despairing manner; hopelessly.
a1633Austin Medit. (1635) 167 Rather prophetically than despairingly he [St. Thomas] desired to see them [Christ's wounds]. 1810Southey Kehama xvi. xvi, Yielding, with an inward groan, to fate, Despairingly. 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. II. 5 ‘How can I convince you?’..she asked despairingly.
†2. Hopelessly, desperately. Obs. rare.
1838New Monthly Mag. LIII. 414 The shopman was discovered..despairingly drunk. |