'Senselessly' definitions:
Definition of 'senselessly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In a meaningless and purposeless manner; "these innocent bystanders were senselessly killed"
adverb
In an unreasonably senseless manner; "these temples were mindlessly destroyed by the Red Guards" [syn: mindlessly, senselessly]
Definition of 'Senselessly'
From: GCIDE
- Senseless \Sense"less\, a. Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable. [1913 Webster]
- You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The ears are senseless that should give us hearing. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The senseless grave feels not your pious sorrows. --Rowe. [1913 Webster]
- They were a senseless, stupid race. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- They would repent this their senseless perverseness when it would be too late. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster] -- {Sense"less*ly}, adv. -- {Sense"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]