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deˈspondently, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a despondent manner or state.
a1677Barrow Serm. I. ix. 112 (R. Supp.) St. Chrysostom..thus despondently concludes. 1795Ld. Auckland Corr. III. 281, I was thought..to have talked too despondently. 1881M. E. Braddon Asph. II. 117 Edgar consented to be led despondently back to the house. |