Groundlessly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a groundless manner; without justification.

    "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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"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."

Etymology

From groundless + -ly.

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