- in a way that shows you have little hope and are ready to do anything without worrying about danger to yourself or others
- She looked desperately around for a weapon.
- extremely, especially when talking about bad situations
- desperately ill/unhappy/lonely
- He grew up desperately poor.
- very much, especially when talking about difficult or bad situations
- They desperately wanted a child.
- He took a deep breath, desperately trying to keep calm.
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