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tunelessly

tunelessly adverb: in a tuneless manner.

Adverb

tunelessly (comparative more tunelessly, superlative most tunelessly)

  1. In a tuneless manner.
    • He whistled tunelessly his one air, beating his own time with a stick on the toe of his blucher[.]1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 13
    • After a pause that he spent whistling tunelessly under his breath, he said: “Hello, Miss Henry? […]”1931, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 8, in The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 159

Forms of tunelessly

comparativemore tunelessly
superlativemost tunelessly

Origin of tunelessly

From tuneless + -ly.

Questions about tunelessly

What does tunelessly mean?
Tunelessly means in a tuneless manner.
What part of speech is tunelessly?
Tunelessly is an adverb.

Words near tunelessly in the dictionary

  1. tuned up
  2. tuneful
  3. tunefully
  4. tunefulness
  5. tuneless
  6. tunelessly
  7. tunelessness
  8. tunelet
  9. tunelets
  10. tunelike
  11. tunellite

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