mindlessly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English mindless

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 mindlessly

From mindless + -ly.

Adverb

mindlessly (comparative more mindlessly, superlative most mindlessly)

1. In a mindless manner.
   • 1996, Robert Cecil Olby, Companion to the history of modern science:

     For that is all there is: material atoms moving mindlessly in the beingless void of space.

   • 2004, Brigid Lowry, Guitar Highway Rose:

     The Nanny is one of Pippa's favourite shows, but tonight the pleasure of mindlessly blobbing out in her usual Sunday-laid-back-luxury style...

Translations

in a mindless manner

• Arabic: بِدُونِ عَقْلَانِيَّة (bidūni ʕaqlāniyya)
• Czech: bezmyšlenkovitě
• Finnish: järjettömästi (fi), mielettömästi (fi), älyttömästi (fi)
• Georgian: უჭკუოდ (uč̣ḳuod), უგუნურად (ugunurad)
• German: gedankenlos (de)
• Polish: bezrozumnie (pl)
• Portuguese: à toa (pt), sem pensar, inconsideradamente
• Slovak: bezmyšlienkovito