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Desperately meaning

  1. In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
  2. extremely

Synonyms of Desperately

Using Desperately

  • The main meaning on this page is: In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly. | extremely
  • Useful related words include: urgently.
  • In the example corpus, desperately often appears in combinations such as: desperately needed, desperately need, desperately needs.

Context around Desperately

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Desperately

  • In this selection, "desperately" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, trying, else, remains, needed, want and hold stand out and add context to how "desperately" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include anybody else desperately want to and as they desperately tried to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "desperately" sits close to words such as juice, pipe and sierra, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with desperately

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

And I lost the future I had so desperately been wanting and planning for. (14 words)

Anybody else desperately want to leave and desperately want to stay at the same time? (15 words)

And so you desperately have to find that humanity in the villain as well, somehow. (15 words)

Instead of just living your life, being yourself and doing what you do, folks get too caught up in trying to prove something, trying to be subversive, trying desperately hold on to “queerness”, or desperately hold on to a sense of hetero-normalcy. (43 words)

A British Columbia woman who lost nearly a dozen family members in the devastating earthquake in Turkey has returned to Vancouver after a trip to her hometown, and said the region remains desperately in need of help. (37 words)

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: 'It is desperately unfortunate these false claims continue to be repeated and it is nonsense to suggest 20,000 cancer patients could be adequately supported at these sites. (37 words)

Anybody else desperately want to leave and desperately want to stay at the same time? (15 words)

Example sentences (20)

Anybody else desperately want to leave and desperately want to stay at the same time?

Instead of just living your life, being yourself and doing what you do, folks get too caught up in trying to prove something, trying to be subversive, trying desperately hold on to “queerness”, or desperately hold on to a sense of hetero-normalcy.

A British Columbia woman who lost nearly a dozen family members in the devastating earthquake in Turkey has returned to Vancouver after a trip to her hometown, and said the region remains desperately in need of help.

A couple that runs a chimpanzee sanctuary in Liberia rescued a desperately sick stray puppy they found in the streets, and the chimps helped.

A deal would likely result in more sensible deficit and debt reduction and higher public investment — all things the bloc’s economy could desperately use.

A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said: 'It is desperately unfortunate these false claims continue to be repeated and it is nonsense to suggest 20,000 cancer patients could be adequately supported at these sites.

A design and heritage statement submitted on behalf of the applicant states: “The development proposal is to provide high quality staff accommodation in order to attract desperately needed new employees.

After a long string of flops, Disney and Marvel have been trying desperately to make something that isn’t a bust.

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A Harborough-based dance school is desperately seeking a new venue for its upcoming show, after The Lighthouse Theatre in announced its unexpected closure.

All seven are entered but two are living in refugee hotels in England and desperately hoping for good news from the Home Office in London.

And I lost the future I had so desperately been wanting and planning for.

And so you desperately have to find that humanity in the villain as well, somehow.

Another couple were flying to Budapest to stay with family members as they desperately tried to get away from the fighting.

Arab and Western officials say there is substance to Israeli claims of Hamas stockpiling supplies, including desperately needed food and fuel.

Armed only with his kid and the Dark Saber, Djarin sets off to prove that his two Mandalorian superiors lack the faith they once desperately clung upon.

As Chancellor, time and again, he denied our children the investment they so desperately needed.

As it stands right now, the Dodgers desperately need to continue anchoring their pitching staff.

A social media post says, “all sizes and varieties of styles are desperately needed.

A visit by this publication to Balaka Admarc District market on Wednesday morning found long queues of people — men, women as well as children of school-going age — desperately waiting for their turn to access the commodity.

Balinese locals and international tourists, while desperately scrambling to escape from the chaos, did everything in their power to rescue the injured and comfort those whose lives hung in the balance.

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Common combinations with desperately

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "desperately" in a sentence?
An example: "Anybody else desperately want to leave and desperately want to stay at the same time?" This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "desperately" from authentic English texts.
What does "desperately" mean?
Desperately means: In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
What are synonyms of "desperately"?
Common synonyms of "desperately" include: urgently.
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