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Used to emphasize the extreme degree of something

In a way that shows despair

Used to emphasize the extreme degree of something

In a daring, courageous or determined manner

In a frantic way

Wildly or fiercely

Adverb for in dire need of something

Adverb for inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner

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Adverb

Used to emphasize the extreme degree of something

extraordinarily

to a great extent

to the nth degree

to a great degree

by leaps and bounds

in every respect

in all respects

a hundred per cent

one hundred per cent

too … for words

extremely badly

in a marked degree

on a grand scale

to too great an extent

by a great amount

to too great an degree

by a great deal

marvellously^UK

before all else

through and through

on a large scale

by a considerable amount

in great measure

from the bottom of your heart

enthusiastically

no holds barred

no strings attached

no ifs ands or buts

with all one's heart

unconventionally

idiosyncratically

preternaturally

unprecedentedly

uncharacteristically

characteristically

revolutionarily

groundbreakingly

incomprehensibly

distinguishedly

mind-bogglingly

distinguishingly

individualistically

anomalistically

consequentially

discriminatingly

symptomatically

modernistically

to beat the band

unceremoniously

problematically

unanticipatedly

untraditionally

disproportionately

representatively

disconcertingly

tall in the saddle

anarchistically

transcendentally

unrealistically

transformationally

supercalifragilisticexpialidociously

iconoclastically

inappropriately

unconstrainedly

narcissistically

semioccasionally

uncompromisingly

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“The incident has left her extremely shaken and we desperately would like to catch this man.”

Adverb

In a way that shows despair

pessimistically

beyond all hope

brokenheartedly

melancholically

heavy-heartedly

heart-rendingly

heartbreakingly

dishearteningly

discombobulatedly

unenthusiastically

unfavourably^UK

defencelessly^UK

defenselessly^US

misanthropically

disappointingly

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“But, at the beginning of the week she was at her wits end desperately trying to save the club.”

Adverb

Used to emphasize the extreme degree of something

as fast as possible

as hard as possible

for all one is worth

with great effort

with might and main

with as much vigour as possible

“He was a boy who desperately needed affection.”

Adverb

In a daring, courageous or determined manner

stout-heartedly

with desperation

with might and main

like one possessed

as best one can

to the best of your ability

with all the stops out

to the best of one's abilities

with all one's strength

adventuresomely

single-mindedly

strong-mindedly

swashbucklingly

uncompromisingly

overconfidently

self-confidently

inconsiderately

disrespectfully

conscientiously

authoritatively

enthusiastically

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Adverb

In a frantic way

cataclysmically

enthusiastically

more ❯

“It was the desperate act of a person in the throes of trying to save his floundering business.”

Adverb

Wildly or fiercely

hell for leather

like greased lightning

like nobody's business

like the clappers

something fierce

enthusiastically

with might and main

hammer and tongs

for all one is worth

with a vengeance

with all one's might

to the greatest extreme

with all the stops out

like gangbusters

to beat the band

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Adverb

Adverb for in dire need of something

enthusiastically

“She was desperate to start a family.”

Adverb

Adverb for inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner

“Even so much as the sight of loose change could induce a desperate criminal to break the law.”

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