despairingly
/dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ.li/
despairingly adverb: in a despairing manner.
Adverb
despairingly (comparative more despairingly, superlative most despairingly)
- In a despairing manner.
- It was raining. She was over there, crouched despairingly beneath the awning of that shop. She wanted to be elsewhere, but the moisture lay in wait to damage her hat.1923, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter IV, in Leave It to Psmith
despairingly meaning in Tamil and Bengali
despairingly in Tamil
- நம்பிக்கையற்ற
despairingly in Bengali
- হতাশাজনকভাবে
Forms of despairingly
| comparative | more despairingly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most despairingly |
Origin of despairingly
From despairing + -ly.
Questions about despairingly
- What does despairingly mean?
- Despairingly means in a despairing manner.
- What is despairingly in Tamil?
- Despairingly in Tamil is நம்பிக்கையற்ற. See Despairingly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is despairingly?
- Despairingly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce despairingly?
- Despairingly is pronounced /dɪˈspɛəɹ.ɪŋ.li/.
Words near despairingly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: despairingly (page history and authors); despairingly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); despairingly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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