hopelesslyadv.
/ˈhəʊplɪsli/ In a hopeless manner; without or beyond hope; so that there is no hope; desperately.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [adverb]
wanhopefullyc1425
desperately1552
despairfully1604
hopelessly1616
despairinglya1634
lostly1660
unhopefully1840
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adverb]
hopelessly1616
desperately1653
deploredly1656
1616 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Scornful Ladie i. sig. B1 Eld. Lov. Brother, is your last hope past..? Yong. Love. Hopelesly past.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iii. 8 Hopelesly continuing in mistakes, they live and dye in their absurdities. View more context for this quotation
1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. iv. vii. 28 You are hopelessly in love with Miss Cameron.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule viii. 129 Never was..sea-song sung so hopelessly without spirit.
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adv.1616- one only
- one or mo
- one or other
- one or other of
- one or two
- one out of the box
- one over the eight
- one pair of stairs
- one pence
- one penny
- one per cent
- one person's loss is another's gain
- one potato, two potato
- one pound, three pounds weight
- one remove from
- one self
- one selfly
- one selfsame
- one shear
- one should think
- one shoulder of mutton draws down another
- one side
- one sole
- one step forward and two steps back
- one strikes and you're out