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shapelessly

/ˈʃeɪpɫəsli/ adv

In a shapeless manner.

Word Origin Shapelessly comes from 'shapeless' — without shape. 'Shape' is from Proto-Germanic 'skapjaną,' to create or form. The suffix -less (from Proto-Germanic 'lausaz,' devoid of) makes it 'without shape.' Add -ly for the adverb. So shapelessly means in a formless way. The same root gives us shapely, misshapen, reshape. And -less appears in countless words like careless, endless.

adv In a shapeless manner.

The clay was shaped shapelessly by the novice potter.

(副词) 无形地

黏土被新手陶艺家不成形地塑造成型。

(adverbio) sin forma; de forma informe; informemente [De manera informe; sin forma definida.]

El alfarero novato le dio forma a la arcilla de manera informe.

(adverbe) de manière informe; informe; sans forme définie [De façon informe, sans forme définie.]

L'argile a été façonnée shapelessly par le potier novice.

(Adverb) formlos; gestaltlos [auf eine Weise, die keine klare oder geordnete Form aufweist]

Der Anfänger formte den Ton **shapelessly** zu einer unförmigen Masse.

(副詞) 形のないように、はっきりした形を持たないさま。

初心者の陶芸家は、粘土を形なく不格好に作ってしまった。

(advérbio) sem forma; amorfamente; disformemente [De maneira sem forma.]

A argila foi moldada de forma disforme pelo oleiro novato.

Synonyms: amorphously formlessly indefinitely vaguely nebulously indistinctly Antonyms: shapely regularly symmetrically precisely
Word parts: shape + less + ly

Related words

shapely shapeliness

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