wythowt

Adverb

without (not comparable)

1. (archaic, literary) Outside, externally.
   • And as each and all of them were warmed without by the sun, so each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in; some dream, some affection, some hobby, at least some remote and distant hope which, though perhaps starving to nothing, still lived on, as hopes will.1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 18
2. Lacking something; failing.
   • Being from a large, poor family, he learned to live without.
3. (euphemistic) Without a condom being worn.
   • “What's within reason?” “Hand-job, blow-job, full sex — straight, full service. Greek, maybe, if you're not too big. Golden shower, if you like, but not reverse. No hardsports. And absolutely nothing without.”2012, Maxim Jakubowski, The Best British Crime Omnibus

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