straplessly en · ADV
Etymology
From strapless + -ly.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a strap or straps; in a strapless manner.
Only a spreading tree, with nine yokels in assorted costumes telling cheeky little boys to get out of the light; with two or three pads lying rather straplessly about; and with one good bat, and one bad one, and an old, despised batting-glove.
1946 July, [Herbert Farjeon], Herbert Farjeon’s Cricket Bag, London: Macdonald & Co., page 34: