senselessly

Words with a similar base: senselessly

'senselessly'

[senselessly.r.01] as in: in a meaningless and purposeless manner

Examples:
these innocent bystanders were senselessly killed

'senselessly'

[mindlessly.r.02] as in: in an unreasonably senseless manner

Examples:
these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards

Origins

					senselessly (English)
├── -ly (English)
│   ├── -lice (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── -ly (Middle English (1100-1500))
└── senseless (English)
    ├── -less (English)
    │   └── -leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    │       └── leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── sense (English)
        └── sense (Middle English (1100-1500))
            └── sens (Old French (842-ca. 1400))

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