Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DES'PE-RATE-LY
DES'PE-RATE-LY, adv.
- In a desperate manner, as in despair: hence, furiously; with rage; madly; without regard to danger or safety; as, the troops fought desperately.
- In a popular sense, greatly; extremely; violently. She fell desperately in love with him. – Addison.
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