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Definition of desperately : In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.

Synonyms:

damn, troubled, on edge, awful, urgently, too, terribly, badly, immensely, uncommonly, a lot, unco, far, full, corking, passing, super, filthy, such, mortally, achingly, stinking, fantastically, jolly, majorly, damned, way, incredibly, blisteringly, tense, very, most, roaring, eminently, sore, deadly, real, thoroughly, spanking, extra, indeed, awfully, mightily, highly, frightfully, thumping, that, particularly, deeply, bone, much, sorely, hugely, supremely, rattling, almighty, dang, alarmed, vastly, extremely, vitally, especially, colossally, archly, well, nervous, really, intensely, enormously, specially, cracking, greatly, frightened, mighty, fabulously, right, anxious, roaringly, ever, worried, heavily, surpassingly, exceedingly, whacking, wicked, fiercely, monstrous, uneasy, upset, so, beastly

seriously, carelessly, severely

downheartedly, dejectedly, hopelessly, glumly, despairingly, cheerlessly, miserably, gloomily, morosely, pessimistically, spiritlessly, wildly, despondently, frantically, forlornly, bleakly, melancholically

Usage examples:

• " Lola," he continued, desperately, " I- you must listen to me." - "A Prairie Infanta", Eva Wilder Brodhead.
• She looked about desperately from Bartley to the door, then to the windows, and back again to Bartley. - "Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ", Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes.
• Between ourselves, I believe that the young baron is desperately in love with her. - "Captain Fracasse", Theophile Gautier.