depthlessly
depthlessly adverb: in a depthless manner.
Adverb
depthlessly (comparative more depthlessly, superlative most depthlessly)
- In a depthless manner.
- When he met his father little was said by either: behind the hard angry glaze of their eyes, they both looked depthlessly into each other; they knew that they could withhold nothing from each other, that the same sores festered in each, the same hungers and desires, the same crawling appetites...1929, Thomas Wolfe, chapter 5, in Look Homeward, Angel
- John thought for that moment that his father believed the words had come from him, his eyes were so wild and depthlessly malevolent, and his mouth was twisted into such snarl of pain.1953, James Baldwin, Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Knopf, →OCLC, part 1 (The Seventh Day)
- Synonyms:
- bottomlessly
Synonyms of depthlessly
Forms of depthlessly
| comparative | more depthlessly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most depthlessly |
Origin of depthlessly
From depthless + -ly.
Questions about depthlessly
- What does depthlessly mean?
- Depthlessly means in a depthless manner.
- What part of speech is depthlessly?
- Depthlessly is an adverb.
Words near depthlessly in the dictionary
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