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FORMLESSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does formlessly mean?
• FORMLESSLY (adverb)
The adverb FORMLESSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a formless manner
Familiarity information: FORMLESSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a formless manner
Context example:
the dress hung formlessly on her body
Pertainym:
formless (having no definite form or distinct shape)
Context examples
I looked down; my clothes hung formlessly on my shrunken limbs; the hand that lay on my knee was corded and hairy.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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