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# despairingly

«despairingly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a hopeless way, as if you have given up all hope** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (no other forms)

### meaning for a pupil

In a hopeless way, as if you have given up all hope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despairingly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a hero or child cries out despairingly when all seems lost.

### examples

- "Help me!" she cried despairingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despairingly/#x1)
- He sat on the step and shook his head despairingly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despairingly/#x2)
- The boy looked despairingly at the flooded road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despairingly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «despairingly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despairingly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.