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Despondingly

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de·spond  (d-spnd)
intr.v. de·spond·ed, de·spond·ing, de·sponds
To become disheartened or discouraged.
n.
Despondency: "The outward show of fight masked a spreading inner despond at the White House" (Newsweek).
[Latin dspondre, to give up : d-, de- + spondre, to promise; see spend- in Indo-European roots.]
de·sponding·ly adv.


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He made several efforts to coax himself into a belief that he might still continue forward; but at length, shook his head despondingly, and said, that "as he had but one leg," it was all in vain to attempt a passage of the mountain.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
As if defeated in this childish attempt, he now sinks to the earth despondingly, beating his breast in well-acted despair; and then, starting to his feet all at once, and throwing back his head, raises both hands, like a school-boy about to catch a falling ball.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
But, Dora, my love, if you will sometimes think, - not despondingly, you know; far from that
David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context
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