lifelessly

Definition of lifelesslynext

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Recent Examples of lifelessly The football hopped over rookie kicker returner Kaleb Johnson’s shoulder and sat lifelessly in the end zone as Johnson headed toward the sideline. Mike Defabo, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifelessly
Adverb
  • The vehicles parked outside Hereford House, a grand Victorian-era building, and a mass of figures emerged sleepily, lugging suitcases and mountains of musical equipment.
    Longreads, Longreads, 5 Mar. 2026
  • At first, the reception started out, well, sleepily.
    Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 14 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Leaning on Christos Stylianides’ tasteful trumpet and Jesse Chandler’s flute, the song finds the singer not waiting idly for life to pass by.
    David Harris, SPIN, 29 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, government organizations such as NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are not sitting idly by.
    Govert Schilling, Scientific American, 27 June 2026

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“Lifelessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifelessly. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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