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adverb
Date: 1616
in a hopeless manner — used especially as an intensifier <the formerly despised and hopelessly middle-class game of golf — Ejner Jensen>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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hopelessly — hope|less|ly [ˈhəupləsli US ˈhoup ] adv 1.) used when emphasizing how bad a situation is, and saying that it will not get better ▪ We found ourselves hopelessly outnumbered by the enemy. ▪ She felt hopelessly confused. ▪ I was trying to find the… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hopelessly — hope|less|ly [ houpləsli ] adverb 1. ) used for emphasizing how extreme or bad something is: We were hopelessly lost in the fog. hopelessly confused/outnumbered/congested Janet is hopelessly in love (=very much in love). 2. ) without feeling any… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hopelessly — UK [ˈhəʊpləslɪ] / US [ˈhoʊpləslɪ] adverb 1) used for emphasizing how extreme or bad something is We were hopelessly lost in the fog. hopelessly confused/outnumbered/congested Janet is hopelessly in love (= very much in love). 2) without feeling… … English dictionary
hopelessly — adverb 1. in a hopeless manner (Freq. 3) the papers were hopelessly jumbled he is hopelessly romantic • Derived from adjective: ↑hopeless • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism 2. in a dispirited manner without hope … Useful english dictionary
hopelessly — adverb 1 used when emphasizing how bad a situation is, and saying that it will not get better: We found ourselves hopelessly outnumbered by the enemy. 2 be hopelessly in love to have very strong feelings of love for someone 3 feeling that you… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hopelessly — adv. Hopelessly is used with these adjectives: ↑addicted, ↑biased, ↑bogged down, ↑confused, ↑corrupt, ↑dated, ↑disorganized, ↑entangled, ↑flawed, ↑impractical, ↑inaccurate, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
hopelessly — hopeless ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeling or causing despair. 2) inadequate; incompetent. DERIVATIVES hopelessly adverb hopelessness noun … English terms dictionary
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hopelessly lost — index irretrievable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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