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. Tammy Duckworth:

   Comparing abhorrent wait times to a trip to Disneyland is unbelievably tone-deaf and hurtful to American heroes desperately in need of care.

2. No Pennsylvanian:

   Racism and hate speech are always unacceptable, and unworthy of Pennsylvanians. No Pennsylvanian should ever be made to feel unwelcome in our commonwealth because of their race or ethnicity. Gisele Fetterman spends much of Gisele Fetterman time devoted to making our state and world a better place and she -- and every No Pennsylvanian -- deserves our respect, not the hatred too often displayed by people who seek only to further divide this country at a time when unity is so desperately needed.

3. Volodymyr Zelenskyy:

   We desperately need weapons that can make our skies safe, that we can use to unblock our cities where Russia is artificially creating famine.

4. Ben Sasse:

   President Biden desperately wants to talk about anything but Afghanistan, but Americans who are hiding from the Taliban, ISIS, and the Haqqani network don't give a damn about news cycles, long weekends, and polling — they want out.

5. United States:

   They are desperately concerned that they might lose their access to health care.