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. Attorney General Matt Whitaker:

   I don't expect that there's a legal justification for Title 42. There's certainly a political justification, this administration desperately wants it to continue in place no matter what they might say in court filings, because it's really about the only tool that they can use.

2. Jesse Greenberg:

   We're trying to do as much as humanly possible, and when we have a partner willing to help bring additional product, we can get to our customers and other health care facilities that are desperately in need.

3. Bryant McGill:

   Wanting anything too desperately is a form of aggression and violence, which will always be met with resistance.

4. Garry Floeter:

   I am desperately looking for new people.

5. Corey Brooks:

   I know that he desperately wants to make Chicago is a safer place, what better way to do that than through our organization totally focused on that issue?