Melancholy. upset
They desperately wanted the car.
The root word of desperately is , the word "desperate".
I desperately need food and water to survive.
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No. The word sad is an adjective.
No, the word 'desperately' is not a noun at all.The word 'desperately' is the adverb form of the adjective 'desperate'.The abstract noun forms of the adjective 'desperate' are desperateness and desperation.
She so desperately wanted to have a child that she traveled across the world to adopt one.
No the word desperate is not a noun. It is an adjective.
Any word that ends in "ly" is an adverb.
Something desperately wanted.
The French for the word 'sad' is triste