hopelessly
part of speech
adverb (hopelessly)
meaning for a pupil
1) Without hope; in a way that shows you think things cannot get better. tree →
2) Completely; very much (usually about something bad): «hopelessly lost», «hopelessly in love». tree →
sense in the lessons
In The Wind in the Willows, Mole is hopelessly lost in the Wild Wood in the snow until Ratty finds him. In stories, «hopelessly» shows how bad a situation feels; «hopelessly in love» is a common story phrase. Phrases: «hopelessly lost», «hopelessly outnumbered».
examples
- Mole was hopelessly lost in the Wild Wood. tree →
- The little army was hopelessly outnumbered. tree →
- She stared hopelessly at the broken vase. tree →
- I'm hopelessly bad at drawing horses. tree →
- The prince fell hopelessly in love. tree →
- The road was hopelessly blocked by snow. tree →
- Graciosa felt that now indeed she was hopelessly lost, surely not even Percinet could find her in the heart of the earth. tree →
note
Spelling: hope + less + ly. Adjective hopeless (no hope; or very bad at something: «hopeless at maths»).
In the corpora
- Hopelessly lost, they sit on a fallen log.
- Well might the ferrets rush wildly for the fireplace and get hopelessly jammed in the chimney!»
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hopelessly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.