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senselessly

senselessly adverb: in a senseless manner.

Adverb

senselessly (comparative more senselessly, superlative most senselessly)

  1. 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 of senselessly

comparativemore senselessly
superlativemost senselessly

Origin of senselessly

From senseless + -ly.

Questions about senselessly

What does senselessly mean?
Senselessly means in a senseless manner.
What part of speech is senselessly?
Senselessly is an adverb.

Words near senselessly in the dictionary

  1. sensei
  2. senseis
  3. sensel
  4. senseless
  5. senselesse
  6. senselessly
  7. senselessness
  8. senselessnesses
  9. sensels
  10. sensely
  11. sensemaking

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