joylessly

joylessly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English joy
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English joyless
English -ly
English joylessly

    From joyless + -ly.

    Adverb

    joylessly (comparative more joylessly, superlative most joylessly)

    1. In a joyless manner.
    This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.