Synonyms for desperately
des·per·ate·ly

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1. urgently, desperatelyadverb

   with great urgency

   "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash"

   Synonyms:
   urgently

2. desperatelyadverb

   in intense despair

   "the child clung desperately to her mother"

   Synonyms:
   urgently

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1. List of paraphrases for "desperately":

   hopelessly, urgently, badly, frantically, frustratingly, sorely, distressingly, absolutely, disappointingly

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1. Fusion GPS:

   What is clear is that the president and his allies are desperately trying to smear Fusion GPS because it investigated Donald Trump’s ties to Russia, they have pulled out all the stops, including this false allegation about FARA.

2. Charles Crawford:

   What might bring the EU to an end? It won't be a meeting of EU member states, saying let's end this. But what might start its collapse is some states saying, we don't really accept the primacy of EU law anymore, once nation states start challenging the legal order, that is desperately serious for the EU.

3. Wyatt Cooper:

   As a teenager she tried to avoid the spotlight, but reporters and cameramen followed her everywhere, she was determined to make something of her life, determined to make a name for herself, and find the love she so desperately needed.

4. Lisa Evans:

   Enforcement of the rule's provisions is desperately needed, as coal plants have demonstrated they don't care about polluting water or putting people's health at risk, and they have taken full advantage of the Trump EPA's hands-off policy, the result is nationwide pollution of water at coal plants.

5. The Donald:

   Senator Rubio is a lightweight, he wouldn’t be able to do this. He wouldn’t know a trade deal from any other kind of deal…Guys like Rubio, he desperately needs money.