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hopelessly

/ˈhoʊplɪsli/ US
/ˈhəʊplɪsli/ UK

adverb more hopelessly · most hopelessly

In a manner showing no hope. The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer.

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Closest in meaning: dispiritedly, disappointingly, unfortunately, badly, desperately, awfully, horribly, woefully, miserably, appallingly, dreadfully, terribly, frightfully, distressingly, irredeemably, irretrievably

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@misc{hopelessly_2026,
  title = {hopelessly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hopelessly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}