English Explanatory Dictionary

hopelessly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv

In a manner showing no hope

Pronunciation

/ˈhoʊplɪsli/ /ˈhəʊplɪsli/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hopelessly.wav

Word forms

hopelessly more hopelessly most hopelessly

Etymology

Etymology 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- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English hopelessly From hopeless + -ly.

Related words

hopeless despairingly despair

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