† nonsenselyadv.
Obsolete. rare.
Nonsensically.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [adverb]
stultitiously1536
preposterously?c1550
absurdly1559
ridiculously1563
fore-backwardlya1586
nonsensically1648
ad absurdum1656
nonsensely1656
fancifully1664
laughably1763
ridiculous1827
laughingly1843
dottily1937
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > [adverb]
nonsensically1648
nonsensely1656
1656 Duchess of Newcastle Natures Pictures xi. 366 Others in one discourse speak mixtly, now rational, then nonsensly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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