"desperately" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹətli/ Audio: en-us-desperately.ogg [US] Forms: more desperately [comparative], most desperately [superlative]
Etymology: desperate + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|desperate|ly}} desperate + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} desperately (comparative more desperately, superlative most desperately)
  1. In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly. Translations (in a desperate manner): desesperadament (Catalan), 拼命地 (pīnmìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 死命地 (sǐmìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), zoufale (Czech), desperat (Danish), fortvivlet (Danish), wanhopig (Dutch), epätoivoisesti (Finnish), désespérément (French), desesperadamente (Galician), verzweifelt (German), נואשות (noashot) (Hebrew), 必死になって (hisshi ni natte) (alt: ひっしになって) (Japanese), desperat (Norwegian Bokmål), desperat (Norwegian Nynorsk), desesperadamente (Portuguese), отча́янно (otčájanno) (Russian), desesperadamente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-desperately-en-adv-WVe9lIz9 Disambiguation of 'in a desperate manner': 100 0
  2. extremely
    Sense id: en-desperately-en-adv-BoAVKJKs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 10 90

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