Definition of "despondingly" [de•spond•ing•ly]

• In a desponding manner. (adverb)

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• "Camilla now joined them, affrighted at the evident anguish of Eugenia, who, leaning upon her affectionate bosom, had the relief excited by pity, of bursting into tears, while despondingly she uttered: 'All is over, my sister, and over for life with Eugenia!"
• "The youngest man present was not more active than the General in this service; but Mrs. Arlbery, casting herself despondingly back the moment she had tasted what he brought her, exclaimed, 'Why this is worst of all!"
• "Then the rightful heir is discovered in prison, carefully holding a long chain in his hands, and seated despondingly in a large arm – chair; and the young lady comes in to two bars of soft music, and embraces the rightful heir; and then the wrongful heir comes in to two bars of quick music"