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Synonyms for desperately
des·per·ate·ly

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  1. urgently, desperatelyadverb

    with great urgency

    "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash"

    Synonyms:
    urgently

  2. desperatelyadverb

    in intense despair

    "the child clung desperately to her mother"

    Synonyms:
    urgently

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#3582absolutely
#9700badly
#15684desperately
#22060urgently
#36601hopelessly
#37675sorely
#38101frantically
#95168disappointingly
#109467frustratingly
#199861distressingly

How to use desperately in a sentence?

  1. Bob Krebs:

    None of us want to euthanize hogs, but our producers are facing a terrible, unprecedented situation, we will do everything in our power to work with the state of Minnesota to responsibly reopen our facility as soon as possible in support of producers who desperately require a more viable option for their hogs.

  2. Jesse Greenberg:

    We're trying to do as much as humanly possible, and when we have a partner willing to help bring additional product, we can get to our customers and other health care facilities that are desperately in need.

  3. Nan Whaley:

    There's no way we'll survive this without cuts to police and fire, that's why federal help is so desperately needed.

  4. Joe Allbaugh:

    Reform is desperately needed.

  5. Richard Blumenthal:

    It’s a desperately serious problem.


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    An antonym for "disparage"
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