[adv] without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success; "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I must die,' he said hopelessly"
[adv] (informal) in a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly jumbled"; "he is hopelessly romantic"
[adv] in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances"