fairly desperate

Frequency: 5.540.2 per million words

To a moderate degree.

desperateADVERB + ADJECTIVE

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fairly

Examples (10)

  • After months of job searching, he was starting to feel fairly desperate for any offer.
  • With the prom just a week away, she felt fairly desperate to find a date.
  • The team was getting fairly desperate for a breakthrough as the deadline approached.
  • I was fairly desperate to find my keys before I missed my flight.
  • He sounded fairly desperate on the phone, asking for an extension on his paper.
  • By the third hour of research, I was fairly desperate for a single useful source.
  • After a long, hot day of hiking, we were fairly desperate for a cold drink.
  • She was becoming fairly desperate about her financial situation.
  • The look on his face suggested he was fairly desperate to sell the car today.
  • To be honest, I'm feeling fairly desperate about getting these tickets.