invalidly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English invalid

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English invalidly

From invalid + -ly.

Adverb

invalidly (comparative more invalidly, superlative most invalidly)

1. In an invalid manner; without validity.

Antonyms

• validly

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “invalidly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.