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hopelessly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈhəʊplɪsli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈhoʊplɪsli/ (General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English hopeless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hopelessly From hopeless + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a manner showing no hope
   • He made a brave show of following her, but became hopelessly lost after a few minutes. 1913, Parrot & Co, Bobbs-Merrill Company, page 159:
   • Crouch had earlier hopelessly miskicked an excellent volleyed chance from eight yards out after a delightful Pennant cross. 2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, in BBC Sport:
   • The whole covey of victims was thus netted; the household ruin was thus full and orbicular; and in that proportion the tendency of men and women, flutter as they might, would be helplessly and hopelessly to sink into the all-conquering hands of the mighty murderer. 1854, Thomas De Quincey, “On Murder, Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Postscript.”, in Miscellanies (De Quincey’s Works; IV), London: James Hogg & Sons, →OCLC, page 76:

Forms

Relateds

despairingly · despair · hopeless

Translations (5)

tr ümitsizce (Translations) · es desesperadamente (Translations) · eo senespere (Translations) · pl beznadziejnie (Translations) · tr umutsuzca (Translations)