Associations to the word «Desperately»

Wiktionary

DESPERATELY, adverb. In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.

Dictionary definition

DESPERATELY, adverb. With great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash".
DESPERATELY, adverb. In intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her mother".

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis