groundlessly

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English

Etymology

From groundless +‎ -ly.

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Adverb

groundlessly (comparative more groundlessly, superlative most groundlessly)

  1. 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.

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