desperately

desperately is a 11-letter English word with 3 senses as adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 18 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.
2. adverb. with great urgency

   "health care reform is needed urgently"

   "the soil desperately needed potash"

   Synonyms: urgently

3. adverb. in intense despair

   "the child clung desperately to her mother"

Synonyms

urgently

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