harmlessly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English harmless
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 harmlessly

    From harmless + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːmləsli/
    • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹmləsli/

    Adverb

    harmlessly (comparative more harmlessly, superlative most harmlessly)

    1. In a harmless manner.
      • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:
        This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.

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