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shamelessly

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-Germanic *skamōlausaz Proto-West Germanic *skamulaus Old English sċamlēas Middle English shameles English shameless Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English shamelessly From shameless + -ly.

  1. derived from *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English shamelessly From shameless + -ly✻
  2. derived from *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-Germanic *skamōlausaz Proto-West Germanic *skamulaus Old English sċamlēas Middle English shameles English shameless Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder✻
  3. derived from *skamō Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der✻

Definitions

  1. In a shameless manner

    In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

    • Bradly served him a handsome allowance, and Podson was at it, even in the process of its being served. He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch.
    • Yesterday, I shamelessly blegged people to vote for my son in a Parents magazine cutest kid contest.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shamelessly. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA