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thanklessly

/ˈθæŋkɫəsli/ adv

In a thankless manner, ungratefully.

Word Origin 'Thank' originally meant 'thought' — from Old English þanc, which came from a root meaning 'to think, feel.' So when you do something thanklessly, you're doing it without anyone even thinking about it. The same root *tong- gives us thought and thoughtful, so the connection between thinking and thanking is deep: gratitude is a kind of thoughtful recognition. The suffix -less makes it 'without thought/gratitude,' and -ly turns it into an adverb.

adv In a thankless manner, ungratefully.

He worked thanklessly for years without any recognition.

(副词) 不领情地

他多年来默默无闻地工作，没有得到任何认可。

(adverbio) De manera ingrata; sin reconocimiento.

Trabajó durante años sin reconocimiento, de manera ingrata.

(adverbe) ingratement; sans reconnaissance [Sans recevoir ni remerciements ni reconnaissance.]

Il a travaillé pendant des années sans aucune reconnaissance.

(Adverb) undankbar [Auf eine Weise, die keine Dankbarkeit zeigt oder bei der keine Anerkennung erfolgt.]

Er arbeitete jahrelang **thanklessly**, ohne jemals gewürdigt zu werden.

(副詞) 感謝されない様子で。報われないやり方で行われているさま。

彼は何年も thanklessly 働き続け、認められることは一度もなかった。

(advérbio) ingratamente; sem reconhecimento; desagradecidamente [De maneira ingrata, sem reconhecimento.]

Ele trabalhou sem reconhecimento durante anos, sem qualquer valorização.

Synonyms: ungratefully unappreciatively ingrately without thanks Antonyms: gratefully appreciatively thankfully with thanks
Word parts: thank + less + ly

Related words

thankful thankfully thankfulness thanklessness unthankful thoughtful thoughtless

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