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| Main Entry: | desperately |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | severely |
| Synonyms: | badly, carelessly, dangerously, fiercely, greatly, seriously, dramatically, gravely, harmfully, hysterically, like crazy, like mad, perilously |
| Antonyms: | calmly, easily, trivially |
| Main Entry: | desperately |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | frightfully |
| Synonyms: | fearfully, hopelessly, appallingly, shockingly |
| Main Entry: | dangerously |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | precariously |
| Synonyms: | carelessly, desperately, recklessly, seriously, severely, alarmingly, critically, daringly, gravely, harmfully, hazardously, perilously, precariously, riskily, unsafely, unsecurely |
| Antonyms: | carefully, on guard, safely, securely |
| Main Entry: | madly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wildly, fiercely |
| Synonyms: | crazily, desperately, energetically, exceedingly, excessively, excitedly, extremely, foolishly, hard, hastily, insanely, intensely, irrationally, passionately, quickly, rapidly, rashly, recklessly, speedily, unreasonably, violently, absurdly, deliriously, dementedly, devotedly, distractedly, frantically, frenziedly, furiously, hurriedly, hysterically, like mad, ludicrously, nonsensically, psychotically, rabidly, senselessly, something fierce, stormily, to distraction, tumultously/tumultuously, turbulently |
| Antonyms: | calmly, normally |
| Main Entry: | terribly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | very |
| Synonyms: | awfully, badly, decidedly, desperately, exceedingly, extremely, fearfully, greatly, highly, intensely, markedly, mightily, much, notoriously, seriously, thoroughly, unbelievably, unfortunately, unhappily, discouragingly, disturbingly, drastically, dreadfully, frightfully, gravely, horribly, remarkably, staggeringly |
| Antonyms: | little |
| Main Entry: | hopelessly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | without hope |
| Synonyms: | desperately, sadly, cynically, darkly, dejectedly, desolately, despairingly, despondently, disconsolately, dismally, dispiritedly, emptily, gloomily, pessimistically, spiritlessly |
| Antonyms: | confidently, hopefully, expectantly |
| Main Entry: | hopelessly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | giving small ground for hope |
| Synonyms: | badly, desperately, unfortunately, fatally, impossibly, incurably, unavailingly |
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