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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 hopelessly in love
Translations
hopelessly [ˈhəʊplɪslɪ] ADV
1. (= despairingly) [look, speak, continue] → sin esperanza
2. (as intensifier) [inadequate, confused, lost] → totalmente, completamente
he is hopelessly in debtestá totalmente or completamente endeudado
to be hopelessly in loveestar perdidamente enamorado
hopelessly [ˈhəʊpləsli] adv [confused, lost, unrealistic, out of date] → complètement
hopelessly
adv
(= despairingly) sigh, shrug, cryverzweifelt
(emph: = utterly) hopelessly confusedvöllig verwirrt; the service was hopelessly inadequateder Service war völlig unmöglich; I feel hopelessly inadequateich komme mir völlig minderwertig vor; he got hopelessly lost in the foger hat sich im Nebel hoffnungslos verirrt; I was hopelessly in love with Louiseich hatte mich rettungslos in Louise verliebt; I’m hopelessly bad at mathsin 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


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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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