adv
Meaning 1
In a manner showing no hope
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hopelessly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈhoʊplɪsli/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊplɪsli/
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CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 P L AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he hung his head hopelessly
- `I must die,' he said hopelessly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hopefully
adverb
Meaning 3
in a hopeless manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the papers were hopelessly jumbled
- he is hopelessly romantic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in a dispirited manner without hope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dispiritedly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English hopeless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hopelessly From hopeless + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: senespere — Translations
- Polish: beznadziejnie — Translations
- Spanish: desesperadamente — Translations
- Turkish: ümitsizce — Translations
- Turkish: umutsuzca — Translations
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