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desperately
adverb
in
a
way
that
shows
great
need
,
fear
,
or
urgency
•
The
hiker
desperately
called
for
help
after
slipping
down
the
cliff
.
The
hiker
desperately
called
for
help
after
slipping
down
the
cliff
.
•
They
desperately
searched
the
crowd
for
their
lost
child
at
the
busy
festival
.
They
desperately
searched
the
crowd
for
their
lost
child
at
the
busy
festival
.
Formed
by
adding
the
adverbial
suffix
-ly
to
desperate
in
the
17th
century
,
meaning
“
in
a
hopeless
manner
.”
adverb
very
;
extremely
(
used
for
emphasis
)
•
I
’
m
desperately
sorry
for
the
confusion
.
I
’
m
desperately
sorry
for
the
confusion
.
•
The
roses
in
the
garden
smelled
desperately
sweet
after
the
rain
.
The
roses
in
the
garden
smelled
desperately
sweet
after
the
rain
.
Extension
of
the
primary
meaning
,
first
recorded
in
the
19th
century
,
where
“
desperately
”
began
to
function
purely
as
an
intensifier
.
