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childlessly

childlessly adverb: in a childless way; without children.

Adverb

childlessly (not comparable)

  1. In a childless way; without children.
    • Cairncross was long married, but childlessly; indications were that that was due to a flaw in him, not his wife.2011, Poul Anderson, Flandry's Legacy

Origin of childlessly

From childless + -ly.

Questions about childlessly

What does childlessly mean?
Childlessly means in a childless way; without children.
What part of speech is childlessly?
Childlessly is an adverb.

Words near childlessly in the dictionary

  1. childishnesses
  2. childism
  3. childisms
  4. childkind
  5. childless
  6. childlessly
  7. childlessness
  8. childlike
  9. childlikeness
  10. childlikenesses
  11. childline

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