weightlessly
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From weightless + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]weightlessly (comparative more weightlessly, superlative most weightlessly)
- whilst weightless; without weight
- The astronaut hung weightlessly in the capsule.
- 1987, Christina Hardyment, “Picking up Gold and Silver”, in Heidi’s Alp: One Family’s Search for Storybook Europe, Book Club edition, New York, N.Y.: The Atlantic Monthly Press, →OCLC, pages 99–100:
- Suddenly I saw him, gliding weightlessly down an escalator, looking remarkably grim: the Beast before he gets to kiss Beauty.