groundlesslyadv.
/ˈɡraʊndlɪsli/ Without grounds; without adequate reason or cause.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adverb] > without good reason
without reasona1382
unprobably1599
for reasons (also some reason) best known to oneself1600
groundlessly1661
baselessly1843
1661 Pagitt's Heresiogr. (ed. 6) 177 Surely both you and others do it very groundlesly and presumptuously.
1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 21 Seduc'd by these, we groundlessly complain.
1735 E. Curll in Pope's Lett. I. Suppl. 22 You groundlessly imagine I have attempted to betray you to Mr. Pope.
1834 J. Brown Lett. Sanctification I. 194 It is groundlessly, therefore, that any souls stand off from Jesus Christ.
1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vi. 53 Of her father's being groundlessly suspected, she felt sure.
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