heartbreaking
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 '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.
No. The word sad is an adjective.
She so desperately wanted to have a child that she traveled across the world to adopt one.
A stronger word for sad is "devastated".
No the word desperate is not a noun. It is an adjective.
Something desperately wanted.
Any word that ends in "ly" is an adverb.