causelessly

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adverb

Without cause; in a causeless manner.

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Meanings

adverbcauselessly (comparative more causelessly, superlative most causelessly)

comparative more causelessly · superlative most causelessly

  1. Without cause; in a causeless manner.

    He sees evil only in the shape of some moral baseness[…], or else in the shape of a dark mystery of pain, to be endured by those on whom it causelessly falls in a proud though undefiant silence.

    1874, Ernest Myers, The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Introduction, page 14

Origin

From causeless + -ly.

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APA

causelessly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/causelessly

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“causelessly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/causelessly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “causelessly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/causelessly.

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