Hopelessly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hopeless \Hope"less\, a.
     1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good;
        despairing.
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              I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.   --Shak.


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     2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable;
        desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
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              The hopelessword of "never to return"
              Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. --Shak.
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     3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] --Marston. --
        {Hope"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"less*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hopelessly
       adv 1: in a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly jumbled";
              "he is hopelessly romantic"
       2: in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian
          opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran
          dispiritedly for five performances" [syn: {dispiritedly}]
       3: without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility
          of comfort or success; "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I
          must die,' he said hopelessly" [ant: {hopefully}]