hopelessly

hopelessly
    adv 1: in a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly
           jumbled"; "he is hopelessly romantic"
    2: in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian
       opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran
       dispiritedly for five performances" [syn: {dispiritedly},
       {hopelessly}]
    3: without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of
       comfort or success; "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I must
       die,' he said hopelessly" [ant: {hopefully}]
    

Hopeless \Hope"less\, a.
   1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good;
      despairing.
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            I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.   --Shak.
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   2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable;
      desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
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            The hopelessword of "never to return"
            Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. --Shak.
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   3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] --Marston. --
      {Hope"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"less*ness}, n.
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