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toothlessly

toothlessly adverb: in a toothless way; without teeth.

Adverb

toothlessly (not comparable)

  1. In a toothless way; without teeth.
    • A wrinkled old woman, pulling a little wagon full of kindling, turned to smile toothlessly up at him a at the sound of his artless tenor.1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter II, page 275

Origin of toothlessly

From toothless + -ly.

Questions about toothlessly

What does toothlessly mean?
Toothlessly means in a toothless way; without teeth.
What part of speech is toothlessly?
Toothlessly is an adverb.

Words near toothlessly in the dictionary

  1. toothleaf
  2. toothleafs
  3. toothless
  4. toothless whale
  5. toothless whales
  6. toothlessly
  7. toothlessness
  8. toothlet
  9. toothleted
  10. toothlets
  11. toothletted

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