hopelessly
/ˈhəʊpləsli
/adverb
1In a way that shows or causes despair: she sighed hopelessly...
- And as I watched that final, trying hopelessly not to cry, consumed with indignant anger, my reality television bubble burst.
- And Casey has shown that the Tigers can go head-to-head with the Hawthorn board and beat it hopelessly.
- And we know he goes to Mass, frequently and hopelessly, lingering afterwards for an angry, ongoing dialogue with his patient priest (Brian O'Byrne).
Synonyms
despairingly, without hope, in despair, in anguish, in distress, desperately, dejectedly, downheartedly, despondently, disconsolately, wretchedly, miserably, forlornly, resignedly, pessimistically
utterly, completely, irretrievably, impossibly;
extremely, very, desperately, totally, awfully, terribly, tremendously, frightfully, dreadfully
informal chronically
2 [as submodifier] Used to emphasize that a situation is beyond hope of improvement; irredeemably: before long, he was hopelessly lost she is hopelessly in love with him...
- The bulk of the adult population still farms tiny plots of hopelessly unproductive land in grinding poverty.
- Many times different versions of news appear to be hopelessly contradictory with each other.
- I turned my attention back to the ute, which was hopelessly bogged in thick black mud.
- stand on one's dignity
- stand on one's own (two) feet
- stand (or stay) the pace
- stand (or stick) out a mile
- stand (or stick) out like a sore thumb
- stand (or turn) something on its head
- stand out
- standout
- stand out a mile
- stand out from the crowd
- stand out like a sore thumb
- stand over
- standover man
- standover merchant
- stand pat
- standpipe
- standpoint
- St Andrews
- St Andrew's cross
- stand sentry
- stand someone in good stead
- stand someone off
- stand someone up
- standstill
- standstill agreement