hopelessly

Adverbial hopelessly has 3 senses

• hopelessly(r = adv.all) Array - in a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly jumbled"; "he is hopelessly romantic"
• hopelessly(r = adv.all) dispiritedly - in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances"
• hopelessly(r = adv.all) Array - without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success; "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I must die,' he said hopelessly"
Antonym: hopefully