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hopelessly adverb 1. without hope, desperately, in despair, despairingly, irredeemably, irremediably, beyond all hope hopelessly in love 2. completely, totally, extremely, desperately, terribly, utterly, tremendously, awfully, impossibly, frightfully The story is hopelessly confusing. Translations hopelessly [ˈhəʊplɪslɪ] ADV 1. (= despairingly) [look, speak, continue] → sin esperanza 2. (as intensifier) [inadequate, confused, lost] → totalmente, completamente he is hopelessly in debt → está totalmente or completamente endeudado to be hopelessly in love → estar perdidamente enamorado hopelessly adv (= despairingly) sigh, shrug, cry → verzweifelt (emph: = utterly) hopelessly confused → völlig verwirrt; the service was hopelessly inadequate → der Service war völlig unmöglich; I feel hopelessly inadequate → ich komme mir völlig minderwertig vor; he got hopelessly lost in the fog → er hat sich im Nebel hoffnungslos verirrt; I was hopelessly in love with Louise → ich hatte mich rettungslos in Louise verliebt; I’m hopelessly bad at maths → in Mathe bin ich ein hoffnungsloser Fall hopelessly [ˈhəʊplɪslɪ] adv (live) → senza speranza; (involved, complicated) → spaventosamente; (late) → disperatamente, irrimediabilmente I'm hopelessly confused/lost → sono completamente confuso/perso hopelessly in love → perdutamente innamorato/a hopelessly [ˈhəʊplɪslɪ] adv (live) → senza speranza; (involved, complicated) → spaventosamente; (late) → disperatamente, irrimediabilmente I'm hopelessly confused/lost → sono completamente confuso/perso hopelessly in love → perdutamente innamorato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But as the rain came down in a flood, the little fellow was hopelessly a prisoner, and now stood with sullen aspect at a window, wondering whether the sun itself were not extinguished by so much moisture in the sky. By this time I was so hopelessly confused that I gave up listening, and followed the dinner down into the kitchen. Poor Felicity used to get hopelessly furious over it. |
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