as in extremely
to a great degree
all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong
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Recent Examples of desperately
Theodoros, the antique shop owner, is desperately seeking an apprentice to help authenticate items...
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Trachtenberg lends her character’s grief a moving desperation — Dawn desperately wants time not to have passed.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
The break was desperately needed — physically and mentally — as the Sharks have won just five of 27 games since trading goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to the Colorado Avalanche on Dec. 9.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Now in his second year at Tech, McCasland is the hire that Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt desperately needed for a program in search of stability.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Trachtenberg lends her character’s grief a moving desperation — Dawn desperately wants time not to have passed.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
The break was desperately needed — physically and mentally — as the Sharks have won just five of 27 games since trading goalie Mackenzie Blackwood to the Colorado Avalanche on Dec. 9.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
Now in his second year at Tech, McCasland is the hire that Texas Tech athletic director Kirby Hocutt desperately needed for a program in search of stability.
—Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desperately
Adverb
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The measles virus is airborne and extremely contagious.—
Sara Moniuszko,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2025
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And in a heartwarming turn of events, Wayans is extremely supportive of his child.—
Abby Monteil,
Them,
3 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Our Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, has said that none of these jobs eliminated at FAA were terribly critical to safety.—
Victoria Chamberlin,
Vox,
27 Feb. 2025
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Many of these names will not be terribly familiar to MLP fans, or even some die-hard pro pickleball fans.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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But Trump's pullback has shaken European nations badly and raised questions over how the continent could defend itself in a real crisis without the U.S. backing that has protected much of Europe from the potential Russian threat since the end of World War II.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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The fleet of C-130s that carry scientists to the poles had started to age badly.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
Adverb
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Of course, she felt vindicated, but learning what had been growing inside her body left her feeling incredibly overwhelmed.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
9 Mar. 2025
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Even if the projection is off by a wide margin, the cost to run a furnace in 2045 is going to be incredibly high compared with a heat pump.—
Ben Roush,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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They have long since been known to be very controlling with video footage from tournament play.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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What really happened to the very large array of Legos on the living-room floor?—
Alyssa Brandt,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Draft capital beyond that and too much future would be sacrificed.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025
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Don’t keep plants too close together as good air circulation helps prevent diseases.—
Dawn Pettinelli,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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In an interview, Edrington said the group was wrong to cave in to the administration so quickly.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC News,
6 Mar. 2025
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In California, local Women’s Marches were so popular that one in 45 people attended one.—
Jenavieve Hatch,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Mar. 2025
Adverb
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Pairing Reed with cornerback Jalen Ramsey, and mixing them with an aggressive pass rush, would be really good.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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And Albert really rules: while other European countries have monarchs as symbolic heads of state, Monaco’s government is a hereditary and constitutional monarchy.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Desperately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desperately. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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