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emotionlessly

emotionlessly adverb: without emotion.

Adverb

emotionlessly (comparative more emotionlessly, superlative most emotionlessly)

  1. Without emotion.
    • “The Work The Work,” which ended on Saturday, is no exception, but takes things up a notch near the beginning when the women lie down and masturbate so mechanically and emotionlessly as to strip any eroticism from the act.2010 May 24, Roslyn Sulcas, “Asking Puzzling Questions, With Full-Frontal Intensity”, in The New York Times

Forms of emotionlessly

comparativemore emotionlessly
superlativemost emotionlessly

Origin of emotionlessly

From emotionless + -ly.

Questions about emotionlessly

What does emotionlessly mean?
Emotionlessly means without emotion.
What part of speech is emotionlessly?
Emotionlessly is an adverb.

Words near emotionlessly in the dictionary

  1. emotionize
  2. emotionized
  3. emotionizes
  4. emotionizing
  5. emotionless
  6. emotionlessly
  7. emotionlessness
  8. emotionlike
  9. emotionology
  10. emotions
  11. emotive

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