despairingly adv 1: with desperation; "`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly" [syn: {despairingly}, {despondently}]
Despairing \De*spair"ing\, a. Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless. -- {De*spair"ing*ly}, adv. -- {De*spair"ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]