nothingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From nothing +‎ -ly.

Adjective[edit]

nothingly (comparative more nothingly, superlative most nothingly)

  1. Valueless, insignificant. [from 19th c.]
    • 1802, Frances Burney, Journals and Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 409:
      God knows how little I shall ever think of our losses, and how nothingly they are […] .
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