hopelessly

Thân thiện

He sorted the hopelessly jumbled papers on his desk.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In a manner showing no hope; despairingly: "hopelessly" describes an action done with a complete lack of hope or expectation of success.
   • In an utterly incompetent or ineffective manner: "hopelessly" can describe a situation or condition that is completely disorganized, confused, or beyond remedy.
   • To an extreme or absolute degree; completely: "hopelessly" is used as an intensifier to mean "extremely" or "irrevocably," often in a positive or neutral context regarding a trait or state.

Usage and Examples

• Showing Despair:

  • He sighed hopelessly, convinced the situation could not improve.
  • "It's no use," she whispered hopelessly.

• Describing Incompetence or Chaos:

  • The instructions were hopelessly complicated for a beginner.
  • Their accounts were hopelessly muddled and took weeks to sort out.

• As an Intensifier (Extreme Degree):

  • She is hopelessly devoted to her family.
  • He was hopelessly lost in the fascinating book.

Advanced Usage and Nuance

• "Hopelessly" vs. "Hopefully": These are often contrasted. While "hopefully" expresses optimism, "hopelessly" expresses the absence of it.

  • He waited hopefully for a reply. / He waited hopelessly, knowing no reply would come.

• Used with Adjectives: Often modifies adjectives to emphasize an extreme, sometimes endearing or fixed, quality.

  • hopelessly optimistic, hopelessly outdated, hopelessly romantic

Variants and Related Words

• Hopeless (adjective): Having or feeling no hope; very bad or incompetent.
  • a hopeless situation, a hopeless romantic
• Hope (noun/verb): The feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen; to want something to happen or be true.
  • There is still hope. / I hope you feel better.

Synonyms

• Despairingly: In a manner showing the complete loss of hope.
• Irretrievably: In a way that cannot be recovered or rectified.
• Incurably: In a manner that cannot be cured or changed (often used for habits or traits).
• Dispiritedly: In a manner marked by low spirits; dejectedly.

Antonyms

• Hopefully: In a hopeful manner.
• Optimistically: In an optimistic manner.
• Confidently: In a confident manner.

Common Collocations and Phrases

• Hopelessly in love: Completely and deeply in love.
  • He was hopelessly in love with her from the moment they met.
• Hopelessly tangled/complicated/jumbled: In a state of extreme disorder or complexity.
  • The wires behind the desk were hopelessly tangled.
• Hopelessly lost: Completely unable to find one's way; or, utterly engrossed in something.
  • Without a map, we were hopelessly lost. / She was hopelessly lost in thought.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success
   • he hung his head hopelessly
   • `I must die,' he said hopelessly
2. in a dispirited manner without hope
   • the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances
3. in a hopeless manner
   • the papers were hopelessly jumbled
   • he is hopelessly romantic

Từ đồng nghĩa

• dispiritedly