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undespondingly

undespondingly adverb: in an undesponding manner.

Adverb

undespondingly (comparative more undespondingly, superlative most undespondingly)

  1. In an undesponding manner.
    • I try to reach, grow weary with the effort, pause, rest, and try again, and this state of things I conceive must continue yielding me luxurious delight until I sink fearlessly and undespondingly into the unknown rest; […]1845, [Charlotte Elizabeth Mann], quoting a letter by Robert James Mann, A Sketch of the Life and Work of Robert James Mann, M.D., F.R.C.S., by His Wife, London: […] Edward Stanford, published 1888...
    • Well, it is as it is, and must be borne. It shall be borne undespondingly, though not without grief.1859 October 5, [Lajos] Kossuth, quotee, “Kossuth and Napoleon [III]”, in The Nonconformist, volume XIX (New Series), number 727, London, →OCLC, page 803, column 2
    Antonyms:
    despondingly

Examples of undespondingly in a sentence

  • To this the Yogi must cling (yoktavyah) steadfastly (nischayena) and undespondingly (nirvinna chetasâ).1923, R. S. Taki, chapter VI, in De Carmine Dei Deorum; or, On the Song of the God of Gods […], part I (Theology or the Science of God)...
  • We all loathe CHRISTMAS but it COMES BUT ONCE A YEAR and is soon over / Yours undespondingly / G.1923 February 24, G[eorge] Bernard Shaw, quotee, “Bernard Shaw on Christmas”, in The Living Age, volume 316, number 4103, Boston, Mass....

Antonyms of undespondingly

Forms of undespondingly

comparativemore undespondingly
superlativemost undespondingly

Origin of undespondingly

From undesponding + -ly.

Questions about undespondingly

What does undespondingly mean?
Undespondingly means in an undesponding manner.
How do you use undespondingly in a sentence?
To this the Yogi must cling (yoktavyah) steadfastly (nischayena) and undespondingly (nirvinna chetasâ).
What part of speech is undespondingly?
Undespondingly is an adverb.

Words near undespondingly in the dictionary

  1. undespoilable
  2. undespoiled
  3. undespondent
  4. undespondently
  5. undesponding
  6. undespondingly
  7. undespotic
  8. undestined
  9. undestitute
  10. undestroy
  11. undestroyable

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