Definition of Groundlessly

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

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Definition of Groundlessly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Groundlessly

groundfish
groundfished
groundfishes
groundfishing
groundfloor
groundfloors
groundhog
groundhogs
groundhopper
groundhoppers
grounding
groundings
groundkeeper
groundkeepers
groundless
groundlessly (current term)
groundlessness
groundling
groundlings
groundly
groundnut
groundnut oil
groundnut vine
groundnuts
groundout
groundouts
grounds
grounds officer

Literary usage of Groundlessly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"... "We do not, as you groundlessly slander Us, burn wax tapers in clear light, but that we may by this means of relief moderate the darkness of the night, ..."

2. A Theological Dictionary by Charles Buck (1807)
"... adopted the vulgar language in speaking of those unfortunate persons who were groundlessly imagined to be possessed with daemons, though they well knew ..."

3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1889)
"... though the action in which they were incurred was brought against him groundlessly.3 In England it has been held that upon an implied indemnity arising ..."

4. Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions by Robert Chambers (1847)
"... since, being mere imaginations, they will as easily vanish, as they were groundlessly erected ; for my own part, I will make it my endeavour they may. ..."

5. Descriptive Catalogue of a Cabinet of Roman Family Coins Belonging to His by William Henry Smyth (1856)
"In the upper part of the field is the letter U, and a pellet or dot, which has been groundlessly assumed to apply to the ..."

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