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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. 1adverb

    In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.

  2. 2adverb

    with great urgency

    "health care reform is needed urgently"

    "the soil desperately needed potash"

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  3. 3adverb

    in intense despair

    "the child clung desperately to her mother"

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