despairingly

«despairingly» in Mova's school dictionary: In a hopeless way, as if you have given up all hope — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (no other forms)

meaning for a pupil

In a hopeless way, as if you have given up all hope. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a hero or child cries out despairingly when all seems lost.

examples

• "Help me!" she cried despairingly. tree →
• He sat on the step and shook his head despairingly. tree →
• The boy looked despairingly at the flooded road. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «despairingly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.