noselessly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

noseless +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

noselessly (not comparable)

  1. Without a nose.
    • 1997, James Finn Garner, Apocalypse Wow!: A Memoir for the End of Time, page 102:
      Ancient mysteries brood silently in the Land of the Pharaohs. Across the desert sands, the Sphinx stares voicelessly, noselessly.
    • 2010, Marie de France, Edward J. Gallagher, The Lays of Marie de France, page 33:
      She had a number of children who were quite recognizable by their faces and their resemblance to her: many women descended from her—this is the truth—were born without a nose and so they lived their lives noselessly.