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tunelessly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English tuneless Middle English -ly English -ly English tunelessly From tuneless + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a tuneless manner.
   • Night descends moonlessly / Cops are humming tunelessly / Walking in a straight line / Cold pistol in the inner coat pocket 2007, “Life After Sundown”, performed by Glass Candy:
   • After a pause that he spent whistling tunelessly under his breath, he said: “Hello, Miss Henry? […]” 1931, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 8, in The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 159:
   • He whistled tunelessly his one air, beating his own time with a stick on the toe of his blucher[.] 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 13:

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