desperately
adverb
with great urgency
“health care reform is needed urgently”
“the soil desperately needed potash”
Synonymsurgentlyin intense despair
“the child clung desperately to her mother”
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University
Desperately meaning
What does “desperately” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.
“desperately” is an adverb with 2 meanings. Its most common meaning is: with great urgency.