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clewless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈkluːləs/

Etymology

From clew + -less.

Meanings

1. Without a clew (thread to guide one's way through a maze)
   • And now the muse (with courage not her own, / But that which heav'n protects with Freedom's, throne) / Has dar'd a clew-less passage to explore[…]. 1772, Thomas Hallie Delamayne, The Senators, page 40:
2. Clueless.
   • A young person of the unfair sex addicted to clewless conduct and views that madden to crime. 1911, Ambrose Bierce, “maiden”, in The Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, →OCLC:

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clewless en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈkluːləs/

Etymology

From clew + -less.

Meanings

1. Without a clew (thread to guide one's way through a maze)
   • He wandered clewless in a maze of mystery. 2007, Julian Hawthorne, Idolatry, →ISBN, page 209:

Forms

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most clewless	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more clewless	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic