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senselessly

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sense·less  (snsls)
adj.
1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless.
2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid.
3. Insensate; unconscious.
senseless·ly adv.
senseless·ness n.
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Adv.1.senselessly - in a meaningless and purposeless manner; "these innocent bystanders were senselessly killed"
2.senselessly - in an unreasonably senseless manner; "these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards"
mindlessly
Translations
senselessly [ˈsɛnslɪslɪ] adv → estúpidamente, insensatamente


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It now seemed clear to him that all his experience of life must be senselessly wasted unless he applied it to some kind of work and again played an active part in life.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
He killed for food most often, but, being a man, he sometimes killed for pleasure, a thing which no other animal does; for it has remained for man alone among all creatures to kill senselessly and wantonly for the mere pleasure of inflicting suffering and death.
Tarzan of the Apes by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
"I do not care," I replied, "seeing that I no longer belong to his household" (of set purpose I was trying to talk as senselessly as possible).
The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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