hopelessly
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- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊplɪsli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊplɪsli/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: hope‧less‧ly
Adverb[edit]
hopelessly (comparative more hopelessly, superlative most hopelessly)
- In a manner showing no hope
- 1854, Thomas De Quincey, “On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Postscript.”, in Miscellanies (De Quincey’s Works; IV), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 76:
- The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer.
- 2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Crouch had earlier hopelessly miskicked an excellent volleyed chance from eight yards out after a delightful Pennant cross.
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