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Definition of Despairingly
1. Adverb. With desperation. "`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly"
Definition of Despairingly
1. Adverb. In a despairing manner. ¹
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Definition of Despairingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Despairingly
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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