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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hopeless \Hope"less\, a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. --Shak. 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as a hopeless cause The hopelessword of ``never to return'' Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. --Shak. 3. Unhoped for despaired of [Obs.] --Marston. -- {Hope"less*ly}, adv -- {Hope"less*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hopelessly adv 1: (informal) in a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly jumbled"; "he is hopelessly romantic" 2: in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances" [syn: {dispiritedly}] 3: without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success; "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I must die,' he said hopelessly" [ant: {hopefully}]
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