hopelessly

Adverb

Meaning

in a dispirited manner without hope

without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success

in a hopeless manner

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Examples

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. George Eliot

People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy. Bob Hope

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring. George Santayana

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused. Walter Mondale

I don't know what people find or like in me, I'm hopelessly commonplace! ... Current appreciation of my work is a bit "highbrow", I've always considered myself a popular artist. Maxfield Parrish

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