'Hopelessly' definitions:
Definition of 'hopelessly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly jumbled"; "he is hopelessly romantic"
adverb
In a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances" [syn: dispiritedly, hopelessly]
adverb
Without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success; "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I must die,' he said hopelessly" [ant: hopefully]
Definition of 'Hopelessly'
From: GCIDE
- Hopeless \Hope"less\, a.
- 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster]
- I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause. [1913 Webster]
- The hopelessword of "never to return" Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] --Marston. -- {Hope"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]