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placelessly

placelessly adverb: without a place.

Adverb

placelessly (not comparable)

  1. Without a place.
    • What deadly voids and unbidden infidelities in the lines that seem to gnaw upon all Faith, and refuse resurrections to the beings who have placelessly perished without a grave.1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, Chapter 7

Origin of placelessly

From placeless + -ly.

Questions about placelessly

What does placelessly mean?
Placelessly means without a place.
What part of speech is placelessly?
Placelessly is an adverb.

Words near placelessly in the dictionary

  1. placekickers
  2. placekicking
  3. placekicks
  4. Placeks
  5. placeless
  6. placelessly
  7. placelessness
  8. placemaker
  9. placemakers
  10. placemaking
  11. placeman

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