Desperately
Desperately adverb - To a great degree.
In distress and desperately are semantically related. in in desperation topic. In some cases you can use "In distress" instead an adverb "Desperately".
Nearby Words: desperate, desperation
In distress
Desperately and in distress are semantically related. You can use "Desperately" instead an adverb phrase "In distress".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- helter-skelter and desperately
- helter-skelter and in distress
- wildly and desperately
- wildly and in distress
- amok and desperately
- amok and in distress
- berserk and desperately
- berserk and in distress
- madly and desperately
- madly and in distress
- desolately and desperately
- desolately and in distress
- despairingly and desperately
- despairingly and in distress
Both terms in one sentence
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This sweet Damsel in Distress reveals herself as such in Chapter 57 and confesses that she desperately wanted for her fiancé Ciel to not see her "uncute" side and thus deliberately hid her badass side up until then.
Source: Manga / Black Butler - This sweet, adorable and harmless Damsel in Distress reveals herself as a Badass Adorable in Chapter 57 and confesses that she desperately wanted for her fiancé Ciel to not see her "uncute" side, and deliberately hid her badass side up until then.
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