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desperately

des·pe·ra·tely

UK/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət.li/ US/ˈdɛsprʌtli/ fairly common

adverb

1.

with great urgency

  • “health care reform is needed urgently”
  • “the soil desperately needed potash”
Synonyms
2.

in intense despair

  • “the child clung desperately to her mother”

Origin

From desperate + -ly.

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