Lucklessly

Lucklessly
Luckless Luck"less, a. Being without luck; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid. [1913 Webster]

Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. --Dryden. -- {Luck"less*ly}, adv. -- {Lock"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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