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DESPONDENTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does despondently mean?
• DESPONDENTLY (adverb)
The adverb DESPONDENTLY has 1 sense:
1. with desperation
Familiarity information: DESPONDENTLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
With desperation
Synonyms:
despairingly; despondently
Context example:
'Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly
Pertainym:
despondent (without or almost without hope)
Context examples
The agent shook his head despondently.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
For a few moments he sat despondently.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
"If life is often as hard as this, I don't see how we ever shall get through it," added her sister despondently.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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