worthlessly

worthlessly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English worthless
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English worthlessly

    From worthless + -ly.

    Adverb

    worthlessly (comparative more worthlessly, superlative most worthlessly)

    1. In a worthless manner.
      • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 32, in Jane Eyre‎[1]:
        I had learnt her whole character, which was without mystery or disguise: she was coquettish but not heartless; exacting, but not worthlessly selfish.
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