hopelessly

  • (r) in a hopeless manner
    • the papers were hopelessly jumbled
    • he is hopelessly romantic
  • (r) in a dispirited manner without hope
    • the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances
    dispiritedly,
  • (r) without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success
    • he hung his head hopelessly
    • "I must die," he said hopelessly

Synonyms

dispiritedly

Antonyms

hopefully

Words of close approximity