Meanings
adverbspiritlessly (comparative more spiritlessly, superlative most spiritlessly)
comparative more spiritlessly · superlative most spiritlessly
- In a spiritless manner.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
- Latinspīrō
- Latinspīritu
- Old Frenchespirit
- Middle Englishspirit
- Englishspirit
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishspiritless
- Englishspiritlessly
From spiritless + -ly.
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APA
spiritlessly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritlessly
MLA
“spiritlessly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritlessly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spiritlessly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritlessly.
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