I desperately need food and water to survive.
They desperately wanted the car.
I wanted desperately to have a cell phone, but I was not allowed...
She so desperately wanted to have a child that she traveled across the world to adopt one.
The cat is desperately clinging to the screen door.
The homeless man was penniless for over 3 years.
The pirate was desperately clinging to the outside of the railing when the cannon was fired.
I desperately require delivery to be expedited as the items are urgently needed.
Corley desperately wanted to help, but Brittany wouldn't let him.
The firefighters tried desperately to get the children out of the burning home.She wanted a child so desperately that she paid thousands to a fertility specialist.He tried depserately to pass the class, but it proved to be too difficult for him.
No, the word desperate is not an adverb. This is an adjective.The adverb of the word desperate is desperately.An example sentence is: "Scott desperately needs a cup of tea".
The harried Mother of five was desperately trying to get dinner on the table, run a load of wash, and make all those kids sit down.
The root word of desperately is , the word "desperate".