REMEDILESSLY

Etymology

Adverb

remedilessly (comparative more remedilessly, superlative most remedilessly)

In such a way as to be beyond all remedy.

Source: Wiktionary


REMEDILESS

Re*med"i*less (r-md"-ls or rm"-d-ls; 277) a.

1. Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless mistake or loss. "Chains remedilesse." Spenser. Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. Milton.

2. Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual. [Obs.] Forced to forego the attempt remediless. Spenser.

Syn.

– Incurable; cureless; irremediable; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; desperate.

– Re*med"i*less, adv. [Obs.] Udall.

– Re*med"i*less*ly, adv.

– Re*med"i*less*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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