lifelessly
1
5.4
- adverb
- /ˈlaɪfˌlɛsli/
:
sin vida
- After the intense workout, he slumped lifelessly onto the sofa, needing rest.
- hang lifelessly
- fall lifelessly
- body draped lifelessly
Examples
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Their landings conjured images of biblical plagues as they seemed to drop lifelessly to the ground.
Academic text (1995) -
Trevor drops her hand, and it falls lifelessly to the bed beside him.
Fiction book (2002) -
From it, he saw something flat and dark emerge and flutter lifelessly to the floor like a leaf.
Fiction book (1996) -
Tor lies on the bottom, staring lifelessly.
Fiction book (1994) -
Shaw lies under the bloody sheets, hands folded, staring lifelessly up at the ceiling.
Fiction book (1992) -
Each morning, the wind blew from the west and made the hard, dry leaves of the sea grape trees rattle idly, lifelessly.
Fiction book (2000) -
Bored, nervous, and with accusatory glances toward the spouse who made them come, they nod lifelessly at the responses.
Fiction book (1990) -
In fact, the portrait Jacobsen paints seems to be one of a sacrificial victim already dead on her altar: Edele's head lolls back lifelessly and lies motionless.
Academic text (1999) -
In an open window, a lace curtain droops limply, ropes dangle lifelessly from the gallows and hitching posts, and the sign over the saloon door hangs heavy.
Fiction book (2000) -
The dog lay lifelessly on the ground after the long hike, too tired to move.
Synonyms
3
7.0
In a slow, relaxed way with little energy
3
4.4
In a boring way that shows little interest or energy
3
5.7
In a way that shows little energy or interest
3
5.8
In a way that shows no feeling in the body or mind
3
4.8
In a blank way that shows no interest or thought
1
8.8
In a weak, pale way that shows little energy
1
6.6
In a way that sounds empty and not sincere
1
5.4
In a boring, gloomy way that shows little energy
1
5.9
In a way that shows no feeling or life
1
6.7
Slowly and without energy
1
8.0
In a weak, pale way showing little energy
In a slow, tired way showing little energy
In a way that shows no energy or interest
In a dull way that shows no interest
In a dull way without life or interest
In a way that shows no feeling or human warmth, like a machine
In a dull, tired way that shows little energy
In a slow, heavy way that shows little energy
In a pale, weak way with little energy
In a dull way that does not interest people
How Lively
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lifelessly is built from life, plus -less ('without') and -ly ('in a way'), so it means 'in a way that has no energy or life'. A helpful image is a toy without batteries or a plant without water — they act lifelessly, moving or looking as if they have no energy.