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Desperately

/ˈdespərətli/
In a way that shows extreme urgency or desperation; needing something very much and without hope.

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Examples:

Allen, I want that desperately.

I want you desperately.

Hermia cried desperately.

Etymology:

etymology
Derives from the Middle English "desperatly" and Latin "desperatus," meaning to lose hope.

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