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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin sēnsusbor. Proto-Germanic *sinnaz Frankish *sinnbor. Vulgar Latin *sennus Old French sensbor. Middle English sense English sense English nonsense Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English nonsensely From nonsense + -ly.
Meanings
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(rare) Synonym of nonsensically.
Another absurdity regarding the false religions is the fact that instead of teaching us how to really practice what is said in the Bible (in other words, instead of teaching us how to love each other as described in this holy book), drug dealers are rather encouraging us to traumatize our own sisters and brothers by accusing them blindly and nonsensely of being sorcerersl
2004, Mfumukanda Masembo, To Change The Mentalities, page 169:Likewise some will speak well as it were by chance ; others in one discourse speak mixtly, now rational, then nonsensely, at least weakly or obstructedly.
1667, Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, Charles Harding, The Life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle:But I must not miss a mail in order to make clear this mysterious sentence which is perhaps non-sense. |nonsensely yours in gᵗ haste | A. Marshall
a. 1924, Alfred Marshall, John K. Whitaker, The Correspondence of Alfred Marshall, Economist, published 1996, page 174:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| more nonsensely | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most nonsensely | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |