NAMELESSLY

Etymology

Adverb

namelessly (comparative more namelessly, superlative most namelessly)

Without using, or revealing a name; anonymously.

Source: Wiktionary


Name"less*ly, adv.

Definition: In a nameless manner.

NAMELESS

Name"less, a.

1. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. Waller.

2. Undistinguished; not noted or famous. A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte.

3. Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless pens." Atterbury.

4. Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible. But what it is, that is not yet known; what I can not name; nameless woe,I wot. Shak. I have a nameless horror of the man. Hawthorne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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