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despairingly

/dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ.li/ adv

In a despairing manner.

Word Origin Despairingly comes from despair, which combines Latin de- 'down, away' and sperare 'to hope' — literally 'away from hope.' The -ing makes it a present participle, and -ly an adverb. So looking despairingly is looking without hope. The same sperare root gives us prosper (to hope forward) and prosperity. Note the spelling shift from sperare to spair.

adv In a despairing manner.

He shook his head despairingly when he saw the extent of the damage.

(副词) 绝望地；无望地

看到损坏的程度时，他绝望地摇了摇头。

(adverbio) desesperadamente; con desesperación; desesperanzadamente [De manera desesperada.]

Sacudió la cabeza con desesperación al ver la magnitud del daño.

(adverbe) avec désespoir; désespérément; d'un air désespéré [Avec désespoir, d'une manière exprimant la perte de tout espoir.]

Il a secoué la tête avec désespoir en découvrant l'ampleur des dégâts.

(Adverb) verzweifelt; hoffnungslos [In einer verzweifelten, hoffnungslosen oder resignierten Weise.]

Er schüttelte **despairingly** den Kopf, als er das Ausmaß des Schadens sah.

(副詞) 絶望的に、望みを失って。救いようがないと感じる様子で。

被害の規模を見たとき、彼は絶望的に首を横に振った。

(advérbio) desesperadamente; desesperançadamente; em desespero [De maneira desesperada.]

Ele balançou a cabeça com desespero quando viu a extensão do dano.

Synonyms: hopelessly desperately despondently dejectedly disconsolately wretchedly forlornly gloomily Antonyms: hopefully optimistically confidently cheerfully
Word parts: de + spair + ing + ly

Common collocations

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Related words

prosperity prosperous prosperously

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