adv
Meaning 1
In a harmless 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
harmlessly
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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UK: /ˈhɑːmləsli/
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US: /ˈhɑɹmləsli/
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 R M L AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a harmless manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this is a harmlessly childish game
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: harmfully
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English harmless Middle English -ly English -ly English harmlessly From harmless + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: inofensivament — in a harmless manner
- Finnish: harmittomasti — in a harmless manner
- French: inoffensivement — in a harmless manner
- Georgian: უვნებლად (uvneblad) — in a harmless manner
- Italian: innocuamente — in a harmless manner
- Polish: nieszkodliwie — in a harmless manner
- Spanish: inofensivamente — in a harmless manner
- Swedish: ofarligt — in a harmless manner