Meaning

adverb in a hopeless manner

adverb in a dispirited manner without hope

adverb without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success

originEtymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English hopeless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder.…

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