Adverb
in a dispirited manner without hope
without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success
in a hopeless manner
Source: WordNetNone 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