groundlessly

English

Etymology

groundless +‎ -ly

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Adverb

groundlessly (comparative more groundlessly, superlative most groundlessly)

In a groundless manner; without justification.
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
  Shame, disappointment, and discomfiture gnawed at his heart; a constant apprehension of being overtaken, or met—for he was groundlessly afraid even of travellers, who came towards him by the way he was going—oppressed him heavily.

Translations

Translations

Georgian: უსაფუძვლოდ (usapuʒvlod), საფუძველმოკლებულად (sapuʒvelmoḳlebulad), უმიზეზოდ (umizezod), დაუსაბუთებლად (dausabuteblad)
Polish: bezpodstawnie (pl), bezzasadnie, niesłusznie (pl)

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