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LIFELESSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lifelessly mean?
• LIFELESSLY (adverb)
The adverb LIFELESSLY has 3 senses:
1. without animation or vitality
2. in a lifeless manner
3. as if dead
Familiarity information: LIFELESSLY used as an adverb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without animation or vitality
Context example:
lifelessly he performed the song
Pertainym:
lifeless (lacking animation or excitement or activity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a lifeless manner
Context example:
the girl lay in her arms lifelessly
Pertainym:
lifeless (deprived of life; no longer living)
Sense 3
Meaning:
As if dead
Synonyms:
deadly; lifelessly
Pertainym:
lifeless (deprived of life; no longer living)
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