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Meaning of hopelessly in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Adverb
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈhoʊpləsli/

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  1. Adverb

    hopelessly

    Definitions

    1. in a hopeless manner

    Examples

    • « the papers were hopelessly jumbled »
    • « he is hopelessly romantic »
  2. 2. in a dispirited manner without hope

    Examples

    • « the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances »
  3. 3. without hope

    Examples

    • « desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success »
    • « he hung his head hopelessly »
    • « 'I must die,' he said hopelessly »

    Antonyms

    • hopefully

Famous quotes

  • « If you have ever been in a real tragic or sad situation, the words that come out are hopelessly inadequate and kind of cliched. »
    Erika Slezak
  • « Like all young reporters - brilliant or hopelessly incompetent - I dreamed of the glamorous life of the foreign correspondent: prowling Vienna in a Burberry trench coat, speaking a dozen languages to dangerous women, narrowly escaping Sardinian bandits - the usual stuff that newspaper dreams are made of. »
    Russell Baker
  • « I have taken this step because I want the discipline, the fire and the authority of the Church. I am hopelessly unworthy of it, but I hope to become worthy. »
    Edith Sitwell
  • « I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sing about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing. »
    Theodore Bikel
  • « My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost. »
    Richard Branson

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