senselessly en · ADV
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree 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 Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English senseless 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 senselessly From senseless + -ly.
Meanings
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In a senseless manner.
In those moments thus spent in composing myself for sleep, I sometimes wondered in the last human occupant of the room were not a dead one. I was senselessly spookish about such things.
1908, Sylvester Barbour, Reminiscences, published 2009, →ISBN, page 26:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most senselessly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more senselessly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
fi järjettömästi (in a senseless manner) · hu értelmetlenül (in a senseless manner) · eo sensence (in a senseless manner) · fi älyttömästi (in a senseless manner) · fi tunnottomasti (in a senseless manner) · fi mielettömästi (in a senseless manner)