Losingly

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Characterized by a manner that suggests or implies defeat or lack of success
2. Exhibiting a quality that reflects resignation to losing outcomes or circumstances
3. Relating to a tone or attitude that indicates acceptance of loss or failure

Etymology: The word is a simple adverb built from the verb "lose" in its participle form "losing" plus the suffix "-ly," which turns an adjective into an adverb of manner. The suffix itself has a long pedigree: it goes back to a Proto-Germanic word meaning "body" or "form," which Old English shortened into "-lic" and then "-līce," meaning "in the manner of." Over centuries the ending wore down to the "-ly" we use today. So "losingly" simply means "in a losing manner," describing how something is done when it ends in defeat. Its base, "losing," goes back to the Proto-Indo-European root "*leyg-," meaning "to leave behind," which through Germanic developed into the idea of being left without something, and eventually of failing to keep or win it.

Synonyms: unsuccessfully, defeatedly, futilely, ineffectively, unfavorably

Antonyms: successfully, victoriously, effectively, favorably, profitably