Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hopeless \Hope"less\, a.
   1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good;
      despairing.

            I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.   --Shak.

   2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable;
      desperate; as, a hopeless cause.

            The hopelessword of ``never to return'' Breathe I
            against thee, upon pain of life.      --Shak.

   3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] --Marston. --
      {Hope"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"less*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

hopelessly
     adv 1: in a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly jumbled";
            "he is hopelessly romantic"
     2: in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian
        opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran
        dispiritedly for five performances" [syn: {dispiritedly}]
     3: without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility
        of comfort or success; "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I
        must die,' he said hopelessly" [ant: {hopefully}]