Causelessly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Without cause; in a causeless manner.

    "He sees evil only in the shape of some moral baseness[…], or else in the shape of a dark mystery of pain, to be endured by those on whom it causelessly falls in a proud though undefiant silence."

Example

More examples

"He sees evil only in the shape of some moral baseness[…], or else in the shape of a dark mystery of pain, to be endured by those on whom it causelessly falls in a proud though undefiant silence."

Etymology

From causeless + -ly.

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