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hopelessly

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hope·less  (hpls)
adj.
1. Having no hope; despairing. See Synonyms at despondent.
2. Offering no hope; bleak.
3. Incurable.
4. Having no possibility of solution; impossible.

hopeless·ness n.
hopeless·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.hopelessly - in a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly jumbled"; "he is hopelessly romantic"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
2.hopelessly - in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances"
3.hopelessly - without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success; "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I must die,' he said hopelessly"
hopefully - with hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully for a good position"

hopelessly
adverb 1. without hope, desperately, in despair, despairingly, irredeemably, irremediably, beyond all hope
Translations
hopelessly [ˈhəuplɪslɪ] adv [live etc] → sin esperanzas;
I'm hopelessly confused/lost → estoy totalmente despistado/perdido
hopelessly [ˈhəuplɪslɪ] adv [live etc] → sans espoir;
hopelessly confused etccomplètement désorienté etc
hopelessly [ˈhəuplɪslɪ] adv [live etc] → senza speranza; [involved, complicated] → spaventosamente; [late] → disperatamente, irrimediabilmente;
I'm hopelessly confused/lost → sono completamente confuso/perso


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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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