Definition of Despairingly

1. Adverb. With desperation. "`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly"

Exact synonyms: Despondently
Partainyms: Despairing, Despondent

Definition of Despairingly

1. Adverb. In a despairing manner. ¹

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Definition of Despairingly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Despairingly

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desoxyephedrine
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desoxyribonucleic
desoxyribonucleic acid
desoxyribonucleic acids
desoxyribose
desoxyribose nucleic acid
desoxyribose nucleic acids
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Literary usage of Despairingly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Posthumous Memoirs of Karoline Bauer: From the German by Karoline Bauer (1884)
"I ate some of it, standing on my feet, almost choking with hurry, for Helmersen cried despairingly, " We shall be too late, too late ! ..."

2. The Letters of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens (1879)
"Ever affectionately (most despairingly). [To Mr. WC Macready.] TAVISTOCK HOUSE, Monday, July ijth, 1857. MY DEAREST MACREADY, Many thanks for your Indian ..."

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