unfoundedly

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Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Germanic *un-
Proto-West Germanic *un-
Old English un-
Middle English un-
English un-
English founded
English unfounded
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Proto-West Germanic *-līkē
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English unfoundedly

    From unfounded + -ly.

    Adverb

    unfoundedly (comparative more unfoundedly, superlative most unfoundedly)

    1. In an unfounded way; without basis.
      • 1965, Jack H. Kahn, Human Growth and the Development of Personality, page 37:
        Breast feeding is broken off and, although the mother blames the child, she just as unfoundedly feels guilty herself.

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