Desperately
Desperately adverb - To a great degree.
Unfortunately and desperately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunately" instead an adverb "Desperately".
Nearby Words: desperate, desperation
Unfortunately
Unfortunately adverb - By bad luck.
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Synonyms for Unfortunately
Desperately and unfortunately are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desperately" instead an adverb "Unfortunately".
Nearby Word: unfortunate
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- badly and desperately
- badly and unfortunately
- markedly and desperately
- markedly and unfortunately
- intensely and desperately
- intensely and unfortunately
- awfully and desperately
- awfully and unfortunately
- exceedingly and desperately
- exceedingly and unfortunately
- seriously and desperately
- seriously and unfortunately
- gravely and desperately
- gravely and unfortunately
Both words in one sentence
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Unfortunately for the Committee, though, one of those commissioners and her admiral wound up falling quite desperately in love with each other.
Source: Dating Catwoman - Unfortunately, at the time the ponies are still desperately trying to preserve their species which has a highly unbalanced gender ratio, so every mare must become a part of a stallion's harem.
Source: Intrigued by Humanity -
Unfortunately, her protégé Kuvira didn't take kindly to Suyin not stepping up to lead when a leader was so desperately needed.
Source: Refusal of the Call
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