Analysis Complete

desperately

/ desperately /
adverb

Definitions & Examples

adverb Sense 1
in intense despair
"the child clung desperately to her mother"
Pertains to:
despairing desperate
adverb Sense 2
with great urgency
"health care reform is needed urgently"
"the soil desperately needed potash"
Pertains to:
desperate pressing urgent
Semantic Complexity
19%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
0
Times Searched
13
Relationship Distribution