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desperately

adverb as in frightfully

Weak match

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After losing two of three, the Colts desperately need this one.

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As his wife, Jocasta, Ms. Manville was arguably even more devastating, at first trying desperately to keep from her beloved husband what she knows.

Laughter was what DeLa desperately needed as a young college student who had to create a gig to avoid going home for the holidays, a conundrum many queer fans can relate to.

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Now the state desperately needs more natural gas to keep the lights and heat on.

All the enlightened reformers in Europe were desperately trying to eliminate the peasant peculiarities and plebeian dialects that divided the peoples of their nations.

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

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