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nothingly

nothingly adjective: valueless, insignificant.

Adjective

nothingly (comparative more nothingly, superlative most nothingly)

  1. Valueless, insignificant.
    • God knows how little I shall ever think of our losses, and how nothingly they are […].1802, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 409

Forms of nothingly

comparativemore nothingly
superlativemost nothingly

Origin of nothingly

From nothing + -ly.

Questions about nothingly

What does nothingly mean?
Nothingly means valueless, insignificant.
What part of speech is nothingly?
Nothingly is an adjective.

Words near nothingly in the dictionary

  1. nothingize
  2. nothingized
  3. nothingizes
  4. nothingizing
  5. nothingless
  6. nothingly
  7. nothingness
  8. nothingnesses
  9. nothingology
  10. nothings
  11. nothingth

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