释义 |
groundlessly, adv.|ˈgraʊndlɪslɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] Without grounds; without adequate reason or cause.
1645E. Pagitt Heresiogr. (1661) 177 Surely both you and others do it very groundlessly and presumptuously. 1682Tate Abs. & Achit. 699 Seduc'd by these we groundlessly complain. 1735E. Curll in Pope's Lett. I. Suppl. 22 You groundlessly imagine I have attempted to betray you to Mr. Pope. 1834J. Brown Lett. Sanctification I. 194 It is groundlessly, therefore, that any souls stand off from Jesus Christ. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. vi, Of her father's being groundlessly suspected, she felt sure. |