Advertisement

Advertisement

View definitions for desperately

desperately

adverb as in frightfully

Weak match

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"All of our companies have had six weeks of zero sales, but all the costs. The sector still desperately needs cash."

Read more on BBC

Mandaric spent a year there, desperately trying to get his cash out of the Balkans, then moved to United States where he founded a computer-components firm and an electronics business.

Read more on BBC

Dawn is as skin-deep as it gets, a character with no discernible motives and a frustrating absence of realism in a film that’s desperately aiming for authenticity.

Read more on Salon

"She just desperately wanted to get the help, she wanted to live."

Read more on BBC

Londoners "should trust us because the vast majority of men and women are on the streets day in-day out, working desperately hard to protect them", he said of the force.

Read more on BBC

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement