Meanings
adjectivenothingly (comparative more nothingly, superlative most nothingly)
comparative more nothingly · superlative most nothingly
- Valueless, insignificant.First known use 19th c.
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
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