unhopefully

/ʌnhˈoʊpfəli/ adv

In an unhopeful manner.

Word Origin Unhopefully is built on hopeful, with un- negating it. Hope comes from Proto-Germanic 'hupjaną' meaning 'to hope.' So unhopefully means 'in a manner without hope.' The same root gives us hopeful, hopeless, and hopefully.

adv In an unhopeful manner.

She looked unhopefully at the cloudy sky, knowing the picnic would likely be canceled.

(副词) 绝望地;不抱希望地

她无望地看着多云的天空,知道野餐很可能要取消了。

(adverbio) De manera desesperanzada.

Miró con desesperanza el cielo nublado, sabiendo que probablemente cancelarían el picnic.

(adverbe) sans espoir; désespérément [D'une manière qui manque d'espoir ou d'optimisme.]

Elle a regardé unhopefully le ciel nuageux, sachant que le pique-nique serait probablement annulé.

(Adverb) hoffnungslos [Auf eine Weise, die wenig oder keine Hoffnung erkennen lässt.]

Er blickte **unhopefully** auf die Prüfungsergebnisse und seufzte tief.

(副詞) 希望を持たない様子で、絶望的に。

ピクニックが中止になりそうだと悟った彼女は、希望を失ったような目で曇り空を見上げた。

(advérbio) sem esperança; desesperançadamente; sem esperanças [De maneira desesperançada.]

Ela olhou sem esperança para o céu nublado, sabendo que o piquenique provavelmente seria cancelado.

Word parts: un + hope + ful + ly

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