desperately
In frantic need
Desperately means with desperation—urgency born of dire circumstances or intense need.
Someone desperately ill is critically so.
To desperately want something is to want it very badly.
The word often intensifies without literal desperation: I desperately need coffee.
It can suggest recklessness: He grabbed desperately at the rope.
In a worried manner
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- franticallyIn desperate haste
- hystericallyIn uncontrolled emotional state
- feverishlyWith agitated intensity
wildly · chaotically · distraught · agitated · frenzied · overwrought · manic · restlessly
In a fruitless manner
- bleaklyIn hopeless manner
- hopelesslyWithout any expectation
- forlornlyIn hopeless sadness
- defeatedlyIn a vanquished manner
despairingly · disconsolately · helplessly · irretrievably · irremediably · sunk · doomed · lost cause
With intense passionate feeling
- vehementlyWith intense force
- fiercelyWith intense aggression
- ardentlyWith intense feeling
- passionatelyWith intense emotion
zealously · earnestly · profoundly · acutely · urgently · intensely · forcefully · powerfully
Extremely serious or urgent
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
- perilousFraught with danger
extreme · brink · precipice · jeopardy · plight · predicament · straits · dilemma
Without careful thought
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- impulsivelyWithout prior deliberation
- heedlesslyWithout paying attention
- foolhardilyWith reckless boldness
impetuously · carelessly · wildly · headlong · precipitously · audaciously · hastily · throwing caution
anxiously
In a worried manner
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- franticallyIn desperate haste
- hystericallyIn uncontrolled emotional state
feverishly · wildly · chaotically · distraught · agitated · frenzied · overwrought · manic · restlessly · harried
futilely
In a fruitless manner
- bleaklyIn hopeless manner
- hopelesslyWithout any expectation
- forlornlyIn hopeless sadness
defeatedly · despairingly · disconsolately · helplessly · irretrievably · irremediably · sunk · doomed · lost cause · rock bottom
fervently
With intense passionate feeling
- vehementlyWith intense force
- fiercelyWith intense aggression
- ardentlyWith intense feeling
passionately · zealously · earnestly · profoundly · acutely · urgently · intensely · forcefully · powerfully · wholeheartedly
dire
Extremely serious or urgent
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- urgentNeeding immediate attention
perilous · extreme · brink · precipice · jeopardy · plight · predicament · straits · dilemma · catastrophic
rashly
Without careful thought
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- impulsivelyWithout prior deliberation
- heedlesslyWithout paying attention
foolhardily · impetuously · carelessly · wildly · headlong · precipitously · audaciously · hastily · throwing caution · nothing to lose
yearningly
With intense wistful desire
craving · hungrily · needily · wanting · aching for · thirsting · hungering · covetously · eagerly · impatiently
desperatelyslightly
To a minor extent
somewhat · marginally · minimally · hardly · barely
desperatelycalmly
In a tranquil manner
serenely · coolly · composedly · placidly · tranquilly
desperatelycasually
In an informal way
leisurely · idly · lazily · unhurriedly · carelessly