blamelessly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English blameless

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English blamelessly

From blameless + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbleɪm.lɛs.li/*

  Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

blamelessly (comparative more blamelessly, superlative most blamelessly)

1. In a blameless manner.

   Synonyms: unblameably, unblamefully; see also Thesaurus:innocently

Translations

in a blameless manner

• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌳𐌰𐌱𐌰 (unfairinōdaba)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “blamelessly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “blamelessly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.