adv
Meaning 1
In a flawless manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
flawlessly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈflɔːləsli/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈflɔːlɪsli/
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈfloːləsli/
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/ˈflɔləsli/ without the cot–caught merger
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈflɑləsli/
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US: cot-caught Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈfloːləsli/
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Scotland: /ˈflɔləsle/
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Scotland: /-lɪ/
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Scotland: /-li/
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CMU ARPABET: F L AO1 L AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in an adroit manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he bounced it cleanly off the wall
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cleanly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English flawless Middle English -ly English -ly English flawlessly From flawless + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: perfectament — in a flawless manner
- Finnish: virheettömästi — in a flawless manner
- Finnish: moitteettomasti — in a flawless manner
- German: fehlerfrei — in a flawless manner
- German: makellos — in a flawless manner
- Hungarian: hibátlanul — in a flawless manner
- Hungarian: makulátlanul — in a flawless manner
- Hungarian: tökéletesen — in a flawless manner
- Polish: bezbłędnie — in a flawless manner
- Portuguese: impecavelmente — in a flawless manner
- Swedish: felfritt — in a flawless manner
- Swedish: oklanderligt — in a flawless manner
- Swedish: klanderfritt — in a flawless manner
- Turkish: kusursuzca — in a flawless manner
Real reading context