Desperately and Especially

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Desperately adverb - To a great degree.

Usage example: all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong

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Especially and desperately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Especially" instead an adverb "Desperately".

Nearby Words: desperate, desperation

Especially adverb - To a great degree.

Usage example: that university is especially strong in the sciences

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Desperately and especially are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desperately" instead an adverb "Especially".

Nearby Word: especial

Episode after episode is based around the principle that he desperately wants to be loved by everyone, especially his employees, and that he's really rather lonely outside of the office.

Source: I Just Want to Have Friends
This isn't so special when someone gets used to using them, but when playing through the original game you'll desperately wish they were around, especially when it's raining!

Source: Video Game / RollerCoaster Tycoon
Especially heart-wrenching in the case of Metatron because the human who transforms into Metatron was desperately searching for his girlfriend and tried to fight Metatron's influence unsuccessfully.

Source: Video Game / Digital Devil Saga

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