kindlessly
/ˈkaɪnd.ləs.li/
kindlessly adverb: heartlessly, without kindness.
Adverb
kindlessly (comparative more kindlessly, superlative most kindlessly)
- Heartlessly, without kindness.
- Mrs. Preston sighed, and became silent. She felt as if she were kindlessly abandoning friends and neighbours in their utmost need ; especially one left in peculiar loneliness.1826, Anna Maria Porter, Honor O'Hara, volume III, page 379
- But, by my troth, me kindlessly she mocked / By wedding me unto a barren man / Who taunts my fancy with a thousand dreams / Of joy acquired, still lacking all the joy,1873, Edward Brenon, “Joseph and Amensis”, in The Witch of Nemi, and Other Poems, page 178
Examples of kindlessly in a sentence
- For I was lowly born, by fate betrayed. / And by my parents kindlessly designed / To marry one whom fate my equal made ;1883, Richard Watson Dixon, Mano, page 32:
- Eunonia, — Oh, my lord, / I have maligned thee! — vilely, kindlessly!1902, Godfrey Egremont, “A Noble Love”, in Verse, page 260:
Forms of kindlessly
| comparative | more kindlessly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most kindlessly |
Origin of kindlessly
From kind (“benevolent; affectionate; mild”) + -less + -ly. Compare kindless (“unnatural”), from kind (“inherent quality, nature”) + -less. Attested from the 19th century.
Questions about kindlessly
- What does kindlessly mean?
- Kindlessly means heartlessly, without kindness.
- How do you use kindlessly in a sentence?
- For I was lowly born, by fate betrayed. / And by my parents kindlessly designed / To marry one whom fate my equal made ;
- What part of speech is kindlessly?
- Kindlessly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce kindlessly?
- Kindlessly is pronounced /ˈkaɪnd.ləs.li/.
Words near kindlessly in the dictionary
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