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Etymology
Etymology tree English despondent Middle English -ly English -ly English despondently From despondent + -ly.
Meanings
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In a despondent manner.
Behind this raw matter one of the reclaimed, the product of the new forces at work, strolled despondently, carrying a rifle by its middle.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 205:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more despondently | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most despondently | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |