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Vinony

groundlessly

adverb

  1. without adequate reason/cause
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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English groundless Middle English -ly English -ly English groundlessly From groundless + -ly.

  1. In a groundless manner; without justification.

    “Shame, disappointment, and discomfiture gnawed at his heart; a constant apprehension of being overtaken, or met—for he was groundlessly afraid even of travellers, who came towards him by the way he was going—oppressed him heavily.”

    “For example, the organization has groundlessly denounced Elon Musk, a powerful libertarian voice, as an antisemite in a baldfaced effort to drain his social network, X, of advertising revenue. Yet, when now-Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) came to the defense of his uncle for antisemitic remarks he made in the ’90s, the organization refused to condemn him.”