despondently

1. 1.

   with desperation

   “`Why can't you understand?,' she asked despairingly”

   Synonymsdespairingly

Questions about despondently

What does despondently mean?

despondently means "with desperation".

How many syllables are in despondently?

despondently has 4 syllables: de-spon-dent-ly. The stress falls on "spon".

What is another word for despondently?

Close synonyms include despairingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is despondently a common word?

despondently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.