Despairingly
Despairingly adverb - With desperation.
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Synonyms for Despairingly
Painfully and despairingly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Painfully" instead an adverb "Despairingly".
Painfully
Painfully adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: painfully she recounted the years of physical abuse she had received at his hands
Despairingly and painfully are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Despairingly" instead an adverb "Painfully".
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Related pairs
- hard and despairingly
- hard and painfully
- hardly and despairingly
- hardly and painfully
- agonizingly and despairingly
- agonizingly and painfully
- bitterly and despairingly
- bitterly and painfully
- ruefully and despairingly
- ruefully and painfully
- desperately and despairingly
- desperately and painfully
- sadly and despairingly
- sadly and painfully
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Painfully and Despairingly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/despairingly/painfully
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