despondingly


de·spond

D0164200 (dĭ-spŏnd′)intr.v. de·spond·ed, de·spond·ing, de·sponds To become disheartened or discouraged.n. Despondency: "The outward show of fight masked a spreading inner despond at the White House" (Newsweek).
[Latin dēspondēre, to give up : dē-, de- + spondēre, to promise; see spend- in Indo-European roots.]
de·spond′ing·ly adv.