Desperately
Desperately adverb - To a great degree.
Sadly and desperately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sadly" instead an adverb "Desperately".
Nearby Words: desperate, desperation
Sadly
Sadly adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Desperately and sadly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desperately" instead an adverb "Sadly".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- greatly and desperately
- greatly and sadly
- severely and desperately
- severely and sadly
- intensely and desperately
- intensely and sadly
- seriously and desperately
- seriously and sadly
- gravely and desperately
- gravely and sadly
- terribly and desperately
- terribly and sadly
- dreadfully and desperately
- dreadfully and sadly
Both words in one sentence
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Similarly, another filler has the Crystal Saint dying in the middle of a snowy and icy scenario, with Hyoga desperately beggging him to live and Yakov and Seiya sadly watch over them.
Source: Snow Means Death - Sadly, in the case of a character actually dying, one will usually die while it's their turn to talk, leaving the anguished survivor desperately trying to continue the conversation.
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