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toothlessly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English toothless Middle English -ly English -ly English toothlessly From toothless + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) In a toothless way; without teeth.
    • A wrinkled old woman, pulling a little wagon full of kindling, turned to smile toothlessly up at him a at the sound of his artless tenor. 1930, Margaret Ayer Barnes, Years of Grace, Part III, Chapter II, page 275: