unhopefullyadv.
(un- prefix1 5; cf. unhopeful adj.)
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [adverb]
wanhopefullyc1425
desperately1552
despairfully1604
hopelessly1616
despairinglya1634
lostly1660
unhopefully1840
1840 J. R. Lowell Moon 13 The sea..lay unhopefully alone, And lived but in an aimless seeking.
1861 Sat. Rev. 21 Dec. 639 Measuring its force and danger..more unhopefully than many of his contemporaries.
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