Meanings
adverbdespairingly (comparative more despairingly, superlative most despairingly)
comparative more despairingly · superlative most despairingly
- In a despairing manner.
It was raining. She was over there, crouched despairingly beneath the awning of that shop. She wanted to be elsewhere, but the moisture lay in wait to damage her hat.
1923, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter IV, in Leave It to Psmith
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith desperation
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despairingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/despairingly
MLA
“despairingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/despairingly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “despairingly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/despairingly.
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