New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: desperate · deliberately · desperation · separately · delicately · desecrate · deserted · deserter · moderately · sedately

desperately

1 adverb showing little hopehe tried desperately to escape rinne sé a mhíle dícheall éalúthey were looking desperately for her bhí siad á cuardach agus iad as a gcrann cumhachta le himní 2 adverb need, want etc: very muchI desperately needed to talk to someone theastaigh go géar uaim labhairt le duine éiginwe're desperately in need of this money tá géarghá againn leis an airgead seo 3 adverb ill, poor, worried etc: veryshe's desperately ill tá sí go dona tinnit's desperately warm tá teas damanta annI wasn't desperately keen on the idea ní raibh mé róthógtha leis mar smaoineamh'Are you hungry?' 'Not desperately.' 'An bhfuil ocras ort?' 'Níl an oiread sin.'

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the people were desperately poor bhí na daoine beo bocht, bhí na daoine ar an anás

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