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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESPERATELY, adv.
1. In a desperate manner; as in despair; hence, furiously; with rage; madly; without regard to danger or safety; as, the troops fought desperately.
2. In a popular sense, greatly; extremely; violently.
She fell desperately in love with him.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adv
1: with great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash" [syn: urgently, desperately]
2: in intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her mother"

Merriam Webster's

adverb Date: circa 1547 1. in a desperate manner <struggling desperately> 2. extremely, terribly <desperately tired> <desperately important>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Desperately Des"per*ate*ly, adv. In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately. She fell desperately in love with him. --Addison.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see desperate

Moby Thesaurus

a corps perdu, carelessly, demonically, fanatically, fiercely, forlornly, frantically, frenetically, furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head, helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hopelessly, hotheadedly, hotly, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, impetuously, impossibly, like crazy, like mad, like one possessed, madly, overeagerly, overenthusiastically, overzealously, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, ramble-scramble, recklessly, severely, slam-bang, slap-bang, slapdash, uncontrollably, violently, wantonly, wildly