SPIRITLESSLY

Etymology

Adverb

spiritlessly (comparative more spiritlessly, superlative most spiritlessly)

In a spiritless manner.

Source: Wiktionary

SPIRITLESS

Spir"it*less, a.

1. Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.

2. Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire. A men so faint, so spiritless, So dull, so dead in lock, so woebegone. Shak.

3. Having no breath; extinct; dead. "The spiritless body." Greenhill.

– Spir"it*less*ly, adv.

– Spir"it*less*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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