faultlessly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English fault

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English faultless

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English faultlessly

From faultless + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːlt.ləs.li/, /ˈfɒlt.ləs.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔlt.ləs.li/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑlt.ləs.li/

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Adverb

faultlessly (comparative more faultlessly, superlative most faultlessly)

1. In a faultless manner.

   Synonyms: unfailingly, immaculately, impeccably

   • 1841, J[ames] Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer: A Tale. […], 1st British edition, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:

     The interior of the "castle" was as faultlessly neat as its exterior was novel. The entire space, some twenty feet by forty, was subdivided into several small sleeping-rooms; the apartment into which he first entered, serving equally for the ordinary uses of its inmates, and for a kitchen.

   • 1849, Timothy Shay Arthur, Advice to Young Ladies:

     It is much easier to detect a fault than to produce a harmonious arrangement. And it is much easier for a man to see faults in a lady’s dress than to give directions for dressing faultlessly.

   • 1904 November 10, Henry James, The Golden Bowl, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:

     To the casual eye a mere smart and shining youth of less than thirty summers, faultlessly appointed in every particular, he yet stood among his progeny […]

Translations

in a faultless manner

• Polish: bezbłędnie (pl)
• Russian: безупре́чно (ru) (bezupréčno)