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Discover LudwigThe phrase "desperately of" is not grammatically correct and is not commonly used in written English.
It is possible that it may be used in spoken language for emphasis, but it is not considered standard or formal usage. Example: "I was desperately of the opinion that we should leave before the storm hit." In this sentence, "desperately" is an adverb modifying "of the opinion," but it is awkward and unclear. It would be more grammatically correct to say "I was desperately hoping that we would leave before the storm hit."
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He had missed Tipper desperately, of course, and was glad to be back, yet something nagged at him for months, even years, after.
They'll rightly point to the fact that the Revs have been slipping desperately of late as the squad has been decimated by injuries.
While Lancaster and his captain Chris Robshaw talk desperately of a need for a much more clinical approach against the South Africans and the All Blacks, as the prospect of a decent seeding for the World Cup here in three years hangs so precariously, Hooper was being widely acknowledged as the latest arrival in the firmament of world rugby stars.
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Own goal and desperately out of sorts throughout.
It was a wonderful piece of understatement.Chile is desperately short of cheap fuel.
The meta-example of devils we desperately miss, of course, are our jobs themselves.
The extremes of both sides were desperately afraid of what Grenell's appointment could have meant.
But the influx of students after the G.I. Bill suddenly left M.I.T. desperately short of space.
Desperately afraid of boredom, or silence?
North Korea is desperately short of energy.
United were looking desperately short of ideas.
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