how to pronounce desperately

/ˈdɛspɚətliː/

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desperately is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of desperately in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… survival that I desperately want you to …”

meanings of desperately

adverb:

In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
Extremely.

desperately frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word desperately occurs in english on average 18.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics desperately can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that desperately can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;