Meanings
adverbsenselessly (comparative more senselessly, superlative most senselessly)
comparative more senselessly · superlative most senselessly
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin an unreasonably senseless manner
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sent-
- Proto-Italic*sentiō
- Latinsentiō
- Latinsēnsu
- Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
- Frankish*sinn
- Vulgar Latin*sennus
- Old Frenchsens
- Middle Englishsense
- Englishsense
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishsenseless
- Englishsenselessly
Translations
Esperanto sensence
- sensencein a senseless manner
Finnish tunnottomasti, järjettömästi
- tunnottomastiin a senseless manner
- järjettömästiin a senseless manner
- mielettömästiin a senseless manner
- älyttömästiin a senseless manner
Hungarian értelmetlenül
- értelmetlenülin a senseless manner
Cite this entry
APA
senselessly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senselessly
MLA
“senselessly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senselessly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “senselessly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senselessly.
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