despairingly

In a despairing manner.

Adverb

  1. 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...

Origin

Etymology tree English despairing Middle English -ly English -ly English despairingly From despairing + -ly.

Forms

more despairingly most despairingly