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no-nonsensely en · ADV

Etymology

From no-nonsense + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a no-nonsense manner; practically or seriously.
   • The work was illustrated by the author and no-nonsensely entitled Pictures Cast by the Projector of the Human Heart (Jinshin-kyo no utsushi-e). 2002, Timon Screech, The Lens Within the Heart: The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan, page 115:
   • "Doesn't she look nice?" was the refrain of the day, wherever we went, wherever the shiny ducktails would bob no-nonsensely past. 2006, Jean Godfrey-June, Free Gift with Purchase: My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup:
   • But as the steady-eyed Canteen worker checked the time and briskly beckoned the next in line, he pressed no-nonsensely forward: "Two sausage rolls, please." 2020, Steven Sater, Alice By Heart, page 261:

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