shapelessly
- adverb
- /ˈʃeɪpləsli/
:
sin forma
Examples
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His days, as well as his nights, continue ever more shapelessly, unpunctuated.
Fiction book (1997) -
Such an existence would not be human because it would be a kind of existence that Midgley is surely right to say that we could not bear: a life lived "shapelessly, incoherently, discontinuously, meaninglessly—a life without standards."
Academic text (1998) -
We are looking inward for a need, for some psychological fact about us that makes it deeply distressing to us to live shapelessly, incoherently, discontinuously, meaninglessly—to live without standards.
Academic text (1998) -
The cloud floated shapelessly across the sky, changing form with the wind.
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He stared at the blob of paint that lay shapelessly on the canvas, unsure how to begin his work.
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The fabric hung shapelessly on the hanger, lacking any defined structure or design.
Synonyms
In a way that has no clear shape
In a way that has no clear shape or structure
Antonyms
How Shapeless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Shapelessly comes from the parts shape + -less meaning 'without' and the adverb -ly meaning 'in a way'. So, to do something shapelessly is to do it 'in a way without a clear shape', like a sweater hanging loose or dough spreading on a tray, which explains the word's meaning today.