desperately
/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹət.li/ adverb B2- In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly. · She desperately grabbed at the nearby branches as she heard the branch she was standing on start to snap.· I could desperately do with some coffee right now.
- Extremely. · The race for silver medal was desperately close, they needed a photo finish to separate the runners.
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“He was running, Watson—running desperately, running for his life, running until he burst his heart—and fell dead upon his face.”
He worked his way desperately, inch by inch, straight for the reservoirs, halting in silence.
The boy in the house threw a stone at me and broke it.” Then she fluttered more desperately than ever.
Anne, clinging desperately to her precarious foothold, saw their flying forms and heard their shrieks.
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