Bottomlessly

/ˈbɒtəmləsli/ adverb

Definition

In a way that seems to have no bottom or end; infinitely or endlessly.

Etymology

From 'bottomless' (adjective, meaning having no bottom or limit) plus the adverb-forming suffix '-ly', first appearing in English around the 1600s.

Kelly Says

The word 'bottomless' fascinated medieval thinkers who imagined bottomless pits as gateways to Hell—it represented the ultimate unknown, something that violated the natural order of the material world.

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