Found 2 hits - Term: lifelessly, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
lifeless \life"less\, a.
destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or
inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or
apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless
carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine;
a lifeless story. -- life"lessly, adv. --
life"lessness, n.
syn: dead; soulless; inanimate; torpid; inert; inactive;
dull; heavy; unanimated; spiritless; frigid; pointless;
vapid; flat; tasteless.
usage: lifeless, dull, inanimate, dead. in a moral
sense, lifeless denotes a lack of vital energy;
inanimate, a lack of expression as to any feeling that
may be possessed; dull implies a torpor of soul which
checks all mental activity; dead supposes a
destitution of feeling. a person is said to be
lifeless who has lost the spirits which he once had;
he is said to be inanimate when he is naturally
wanting in spirits; one is dull from an original
deficiency of mental power; he who is dead to moral
sentiment is wholly bereft of the highest attribute of
his nature.
1913 webster
see also:
life"lessly life"lessness lifeless dull inanimate dead
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
lifelessly
adv 1: without animation or vitality; "lifelessly he performed the
song"
2: in a lifeless manner; "the girl lay in her arms lifelessly"
3: as if dead syn: deadly
see also:
deadly
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