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deˈspondingly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a desponding manner; with dejection of spirits.
1656Blount Glossogr., Despondingly, desperately, out of hope. 1706Lond. Gaz. No. 4226/1 We begin to talk very despondingly of its Success. 1840Marryatt Olla Podr., S.W. and by W., ‘I sha'n't get any’, replied Jack, despondingly. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 7/1 A friend, who despondingly expressed his fears that the huge ship would never reach the water. |