Used in a Sentence

desperately

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for desperately.

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Apple pushing ahead with this will just make Google desperately push Android as hard as they can.

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extremely

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The clearest senses and uses of desperately gathered in one view.

adverb

extremely

adverb

In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for desperately.

adverb

extremely

adverb

In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.

Example sentences

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Apple pushing ahead with this will just make Google desperately push Android as hard as they can.

2

If you want to expose North Korea, expose the government, not the people desperately trying to survive.

3

We also desperately need some group of people representing the system itself instead of the voters.

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I would say if a company is placing such strict requirements on you and it is not a place you desperately want to work you should walk away.

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He desperately wants to fit in with people and have meaningful relationships with people.

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I believe that explanation is simply that there's nothing to be gained from killing a desperately poor person.

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G+ has/had a lot of little advantages over competitors, but none large enough to bring about the mass migration that G+ so desperately needed.

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That doesn't really matter for a company that has already raised some money and now desperately looking to get out of red, does it?

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Between standing still, and desperately adding features to make the web competitive with native platforms, I'm inclined to slow it down.

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Plenty of companies are still forcibly keeping their data in their own datacenters due to regulatory reasons despite desperately wanting to use third party providers.

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The problem was, Elop was trying desperately to kill it.

12

I agree with the premise of the article (we can't stop the forward progress of the web ), but we desperately need better tools.

Quote examples

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"Apple pushing ahead with this will just make Google desperately push Android as hard as they can." What does that mean, exactly?

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There is some humor in hitting a "mobile friendly" website and desperately requesting the desktop version because its such a pile of shit.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use desperately in a sentence?

Apple pushing ahead with this will just make Google desperately push Android as hard as they can.

What does desperately mean?

extremely

What part of speech is desperately?

desperately is commonly used as adverb.