Definition of "despondently" [despondently]

• In a despondent manner. (adverb)

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• "Its obituary came almost a century ago from Conrad, and was echoed despondently by the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, by Evelyn Waugh and Kingsley Amis."
• "The correspondent sank down despondently, with a collapsing of the chest and a drooping forward of the shoulders."
• "Bub saw it clearly when put in that light, and shook his head despondently."