meaninglessly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English mean

English -ing

English meaning

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English meaningless

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English meaninglessly

From meaningless + -ly.

Adverb

meaninglessly (comparative more meaninglessly, superlative most meaninglessly)

1. In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.

Translations

in a meaningless manner

• Esperanto: sensignife
• German: bedeutungslos (de), sinnlos (de), ausdruckslos (de)
• Hungarian: értelmetlenül (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: meningsløst, meningslaust, meiningsløst, meiningslaust

  Nynorsk: meiningslaust

• Russian: бессмысленно (ru) (bessmyslenno)
• Turkish: anlamsızca, manasızca