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suˈpportless, a.
[f. support n. + -less.]
†1. That cannot be ‘supported’; insupportable, intolerable. Obs. rare.
1643Milton Divorce ii. xx. Wks. 1851 IV. 118 As if they had a designe by making wedlock a supportlesse yoke, to violate it most.
2. Destitute of support, unsupported.
1681J. Scott Chr. Life ii. iii. Wks. 1718 I. 240 By giving up the Belief of a God, I..leave my self utterly destitute and supportless. a1717Parnell Battle of Frogs & Mice iii. 92 Full on the leg arrives the crushing wound: The frog, supportless, writhes upon the ground. 1744Warburton Remarks Sev. Occas. Refl. 118, I left it not [sc. my argument]..naked and supportless; but..standing strongly on its Conclusion.
Hence suˈpportlessly adv., without support.
1893F. Thompson Judgment in Heaven viii, A sinister chasm,..whose verges soon..Supportlessly congest with fire, and suddenly spit forth the moon. |