groundlessly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a groundless manner; without justification.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "For example, the organization has groundlessly denounced Elon Musk, a powerful libertarian voice, as an antisemite in a baldfaced effort to drain his social network, X, of advertising revenue. Yet, when now-Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) came to the defense of his uncle for antisemitic remarks he made in the ’90s, the organization refused to condemn him."
Etymology
Etymology tree English groundless Middle English -ly English -ly English groundlessly From groundless + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more groundlessly (comparative)
most groundlessly (superlative)