1 adverb extremely, irretrievablyamach is amach c m uar fad ar fad c m ugo huile is go hiomlán c m uI was hopelessly in love with herbhí mé dúnta i ngrá léi, bhí mo chroí agus m'anam istigh intithey were hopelessly drunkbhí siad dubhólta, ní raibh cos fúthuwe were hopelessly lostbhíomar caillte ar fad ar fad, bhíomar imithe ar strae go huile is go hiomlán2 adverb without hopego héadóchasach c m uhe stared hopelessly at usstán sé orainn gan dóchas3 adverb without hope of successshe tried hopelessly to find workrinne sí iarracht in aisce obair a fháilthey looked hopelessly for somewhere to sitchuardaigh siad áit suí gan tairbhe