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shamelessly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-Germanic *skamōlausaz Proto-West Germanic *skamulaus Old English sċamlēas Middle English schameles English shameless 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 shamelessly From shameless + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.
   • But I take the view that the statue is a cheap and cynical stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history, whose only interest lies in greasing up to modern Indian politicians. With little or no dignity, they shamelessly prostrate themselves in the most craven way. 2014 July 10, Stephen Glover, “Sorry, but Gandhi statue in Westminster is a cheap stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history greasing up to India”, in Daily Mail:
   • Yesterday, I shamelessly blegged people to vote for my son in a Parents magazine cutest kid contest. 2010 April 15, Iain Murray, “Chicagoan Voting System!”, in National Review Online:
   • Bradly served him a handsome allowance, and Podson was at it, even in the process of its being served. He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 68:

Forms

Translations (23)

hu szégyentelenül (in a shameless manner) · pl bezczelnie (in a shameless manner) · ka ურცხვად (in a shameless manner) · sh drsko (in a shameless manner) · pt desavergonhadamente (in a shameless manner) · es desvergonzadamente (in a shameless manner) · fr effrontément (in a shameless manner) · es descaradamente (in a shameless manner) · pl bezwstydnie (in a shameless manner) · grc ἀναιδῶς (in a shameless manner) · pl bezpruderyjnie (in a shameless manner) · pt impudentemente (in a shameless manner) · ru бесстыдно (in a shameless manner) · pl arogancko (in a shameless manner) · cs nestydatě (in a shameless manner) · hi निर्लज्जतापूर्वक (in a shameless manner) · pl impertynencko (in a shameless manner) · cs drze (in a shameless manner) · ca desvergonyidament (in a shameless manner) · pl zuchwale (in a shameless manner) · eo senhonte (in a shameless manner) · la impudenter (in a shameless manner) · ka უსირცხვილოდ (in a shameless manner)