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despairfully

despairfully adverb: in a despairful manner.

Adverb

despairfully (comparative more despairfully, superlative most despairfully)

  1. In a despairful manner.

Forms of despairfully

comparativemore despairfully
superlativemost despairfully

Origin of despairfully

From despairful + -ly.

Questions about despairfully

What does despairfully mean?
Despairfully means in a despairful manner.
What part of speech is despairfully?
Despairfully is an adverb.

Words near despairfully in the dictionary

  1. despairer
  2. despairers
  3. despairest
  4. despaireth
  5. despairful
  6. despairfully
  7. despairfulness
  8. despairing
  9. despairingly
  10. despairingness
  11. despairings

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