jointlessly

jointlessly

English

Etymology

From jointless +‎ -ly.

Adverb

jointlessly (not comparable)

1. Without joints.
   • 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan

     How jointlessly, and how jointlessly
     The frivolous cake sailed by
     On the waves of the ocean that pointlessly
     Threw fish to the lilac sky.

   • 2006, Jane Gentry, Portrait of the artist as a white pig (page 6)

     I see him stand, jointlessly unfolding, pull from the holster on his hip the shingle knife, as easy as you'd pluck the fork beside your plate.