nonsensely
advEtymology From nonsense + -ly.
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Rare Synonym of nonsensically.
- Likewise some will speak well as it were by chance ; others in one discourse speak mixtly, now rational, then nonsensely, at least weakly or obstructedly.1667, Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, Charles Harding, The Life of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle:
- But I must not miss a mail in order to make clear this mysterious sentence which is perhaps non-sense. |nonsensely yours in gᵗ haste | A. Marshalla. 1924, Alfred Marshall, John K. Whitaker, The Correspondence of Alfred Marshall, Economist, published 1996, page 174:
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- Another absurdity regarding the false religions is the fact that instead of teaching us how to really practice what is said in the Bible (in other words, instead of teaching us how to love each other as described in this holy book), drug dealers are rather encouraging us to traumatize our own sisters and brothers by accusing them blindly and nonsensely of being sorcerersl2004, Mfumukanda Masembo, To Change The Mentalities, page 169:
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