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senselessly

/ˈsɛnsɫəsli/ adv

In a senseless manner.

Word Origin From Latin sentire 'to feel' — so sense is the faculty of feeling, and senseless means 'without feeling,' and senselessly means 'in a manner lacking sense.' The root sentire gives us sensation, sensitive, consent (feel together), and dissent (feel apart). The breakdown sense+less+ly shows sense-without-adverb, and related words like nonsense and insensible share the same root.

adv In a senseless manner.

He continued to argue senselessly despite overwhelming evidence against his position.

(副词) 无意识地；不省人事地；失去知觉地

尽管有压倒性的证据反对他的立场，他仍然毫无意义地继续争论。

(adverbio) insensatamente; sin sentido; absurdamente [De manera insensata.]

Continuó argumentando de manera insensata a pesar de la abrumadora evidencia en contra de su postura.

(adverbe) absurdement; insensément; stupidement; sottement [De façon insensée, déraisonnable ou absurde.]

Il a continué à argumenter de manière insensée malgré des preuves accablantes contre sa position.

(Adverb) sinnlos; unsinnigerweise [Auf sinnlose oder unvernünftige Weise; ohne erkennbaren Grund oder Logik.]

Er diskutierte **senselessly** weiter, obwohl alle Beweise gegen seine Position sprachen.

(副詞) 無意味に、無分別な方法で

彼は自分に対する圧倒的な証拠があるにもかかわらず、無意味に議論を続けた。

(advérbio) insensatamente; absurdamente; sem sentido [De maneira insensata.]

Ele continuou argumentando insensatamente apesar das evidências esmagadoras contra sua posição.

Synonyms: meaninglessly pointlessly futilely absurdly irrationally foolishly stupidly nonsensically Antonyms: sensibly meaningfully logically rationally
Word parts: sense + less + ly

Related words

sensible sensitive sensitivity sensor sensory sensation sensual insensible

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