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speechlessly

adv

Etymology

From speechless + -ly.

  1. inherited from *sprēkalausaz✻
  2. inherited from sprǣċlēas
  3. inherited from specheles
  4. suffixed as speechlessly — “speechless + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a speechless manner

    In a speechless manner; without speaking.

    • He stood there speechlessly. The surprise had rendered him unable to make an intelligible reply.
    • That afternoon they stood at the foot of Mrs. Civil's bed. She was propped up by pillows, and through the little window looking westward the afternoon sun blazed unsparingly on the discoloured face of the sick woman, speechlessly rigid.
    • His eyes grew round and he pointed speechlessly into space.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for speechlessly. 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