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de·spair·ing

(dĭ-spâr′ĭng)
adj.
Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless: a despairing view of world politics.
de·spair′ing·ly adv.
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Adv. 1. despairingly - with desperation; "`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly"
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despairingly

[dɪsˈpɛərɪŋlɪ] ADV → desesperadamente
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despairingly

[dɪsˈpɛərɪŋlɪ] adv → disperatamente
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Cecco went, first flinging his arms despairingly. There was no more singing, all listened now; and again came a death-screech and again a crow.
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She had met Fernand at the corner of the Rue de la Loge; she had returned to the Catalans, and had despairingly cast herself on her couch.
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Oh!" groaned Kutuzov despairingly and looked around....
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"Davy," said Anne despairingly, "haven't you sense enough to distinguish between a fairytale and a falsehood?"
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(SARA RAY, DESPAIRINGLY:--"I know ma will never let ME have bangs.")
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"And a millionaire lumberman!" I sighed, despairingly.
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A little girl with her ragged skirt full of slimy seaweed began to sob despairingly, lugging her soaked burden close to the man who carried the light.
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Harvey pounded despairingly at the bell, for he feared they might be sunk at any minute, and he jumped at Dan's hail as the crew came back.
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His breathing, which was so feeble before, is growing weaker still, and I can do nothing to save him," said the doctor, despairingly.
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I looked around me despairingly, and my eye alighted on the holland covering.
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"Sixty thousand dollars, or thereabouts," the young man answered despairingly. "His brokers won't listen to me, and your governor--well, I've just been to see him.
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When the owner despairingly offered a reward of fifty dollars, our interest increased and the mystery deepened.
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