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tonguelessly

tonguelessly adverb: without use of the tongue; silently.

Adverb

tonguelessly (comparative more tonguelessly, superlative most tonguelessly)

  1. Without use of the tongue; silently.
    • And the vacant orbits gazed back at her, tonguelessly declaring their inexhaustible resources.1936, Walter de la Mare, The Wind Blows Over

Forms of tonguelessly

comparativemore tonguelessly
superlativemost tonguelessly

Origin of tonguelessly

From tongueless + -ly.

Questions about tonguelessly

What does tonguelessly mean?
Tonguelessly means without use of the tongue; silently.
What part of speech is tonguelessly?
Tonguelessly is an adverb.

Words near tonguelessly in the dictionary

  1. tonguejob
  2. tonguejobs
  3. tongueless
  4. tongueless frog
  5. tongueless frogs
  6. tonguelessly
  7. tonguelessness
  8. tonguelet
  9. tonguelets
  10. tonguelike
  11. tonguely

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