desperately

adverbdobhriathar 1 showing little hope he tried desperately to escape rinne sé a mhíle dícheall éalú they were looking desperately for her bhí siad á cuardach agus iad as a gcrann cumhachta le himní 2 need, want etc: very much I desperately needed to talk to someone theastaigh go géar uaim labhairt le duine éigin we're desperately in need of this money tá géarghá againn leis an airgead seo 3 ill, poor, worried etc: very she's desperately ill tá sí go dona tinn it's desperately warm tá teas damanta ann I 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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