hopelessly

  • 1hopelessly — hope|less|ly [ˈhəupləsli US ˈhoup ] adv 1.) used when emphasizing how bad a situation is, and saying that it will not get better ▪ We found ourselves hopelessly outnumbered by the enemy. ▪ She felt hopelessly confused. ▪ I was trying to find the… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 2hopelessly — hope|less|ly [ houpləsli ] adverb 1. ) used for emphasizing how extreme or bad something is: We were hopelessly lost in the fog. hopelessly confused/outnumbered/congested Janet is hopelessly in love (=very much in love). 2. ) without feeling any… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 3hopelessly — UK [ˈhəʊpləslɪ] / US [ˈhoʊpləslɪ] adverb 1) used for emphasizing how extreme or bad something is We were hopelessly lost in the fog. hopelessly confused/outnumbered/congested Janet is hopelessly in love (= very much in love). 2) without feeling… …

    English dictionary

  • 4hopelessly — adverb 1. in a hopeless manner (Freq. 3) the papers were hopelessly jumbled he is hopelessly romantic • Derived from adjective: ↑hopeless • Usage Domain: ↑colloquialism 2. in a dispirited manner without hope …

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  • 5hopelessly — adverb 1 used when emphasizing how bad a situation is, and saying that it will not get better: We found ourselves hopelessly outnumbered by the enemy. 2 be hopelessly in love to have very strong feelings of love for someone 3 feeling that you… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6hopelessly — adverb Date: 1616 in a hopeless manner used especially as an intensifier < the formerly despised and hopelessly middle class game of golf Ejner Jensen > …

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  • 7hopelessly — adv. Hopelessly is used with these adjectives: ↑addicted, ↑biased, ↑bogged down, ↑confused, ↑corrupt, ↑dated, ↑disorganized, ↑entangled, ↑flawed, ↑impractical, ↑inaccurate, ↑ …

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  • 8hopelessly — hopeless ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeling or causing despair. 2) inadequate; incompetent. DERIVATIVES hopelessly adverb hopelessness noun …

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  • 9Hopelessly Lost — ( ru. Совсем пропащий , translit| Sovsem propashchiy ) was a 1972 Soviet film directed by Georgi Daneliya based on Mark Twain s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn . Cinematography by Vadim YusovCast* Vladimir Basov as Huck s father * Feliks Imokuede&#8230; …

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  • 10hopelessly lost — index irretrievable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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