Desperately
Desperately adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: all of a sudden everything went desperately wrong
Particularly and desperately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Particularly" instead an adverb "Desperately".
Nearby Words: desperate, desperation
Particularly
Particularly adverb - To a great degree.
Usage example: a particularly good explanation
Desperately and particularly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desperately" instead an adverb "Particularly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- very and desperately
- very and particularly
- greatly and desperately
- greatly and particularly
- eminently and desperately
- eminently and particularly
- uncommonly and desperately
- uncommonly and particularly
- extremely and desperately
- extremely and particularly
- highly and desperately
- highly and particularly
- exceptionally and desperately
- exceptionally and particularly
Both words in one sentence
- Since The New Russia is particularly full of mobsters and corrupt bureaucrats, they desperately want someone to do this again.
Source: Dark Shepherd -
Implacable Man: Richard, particularly the scene where he comes slowly striding up to a car full of gangsters with an axe in hand, as they try desperately to start the car.
Source: Film / Dead Man's Shoes -
A particularly good one crops up in Die Hard when John McClane desperately tries to persuade Hans Gruber to call off his mooks from machine-gunning the SWAT Team instead of letting them retreat after a failed attempt to force entry.
Source: Verb This!
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