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despondently

despondently adverb: in a despondent manner.

Adverb

despondently (comparative more despondently, superlative most despondently)

  1. In a despondent manner.
    • Behind this raw matter one of the reclaimed, the product of the new forces at work, strolled despondently, carrying a rifle by its middle.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 205

Forms of despondently

comparativemore despondently
superlativemost despondently

Origin of despondently

From despondent + -ly.

Questions about despondently

What does despondently mean?
Despondently means in a despondent manner.
What part of speech is despondently?
Despondently is an adverb.

Words near despondently in the dictionary

  1. despondence
  2. despondences
  3. despondencies
  4. despondency
  5. despondent
  6. despondently
  7. desponder
  8. desponders
  9. despondest
  10. despondeth
  11. desponding

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