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shamelessly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: SH EY1 M L AH0 S L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

without shame

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he unashamedly abandoned the project when he realized he would not gain from it

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unashamedly, barefacedly

Antonyms: none provided

History

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 schameles English shameless 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 shamelessly From shameless + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: desvergonyidament — in a shameless manner
  • Czech: nestydatě — in a shameless manner
  • Czech: drze — in a shameless manner
  • Esperanto: senhonte — in a shameless manner
  • French: effrontément — in a shameless manner
  • Georgian: უსირცხვილოდ (usircxvilod) — in a shameless manner
  • Georgian: ურცხვად (urcxvad) — in a shameless manner
  • Ancient Greek: ἀναιδῶς (anaidôs) — in a shameless manner
  • Hindi: निर्लज्जतापूर्वक (nirlajjatāpūrvak) — in a shameless manner
  • Hungarian: szégyentelenül — in a shameless manner
  • Latin: impudenter — in a shameless manner
  • Polish: arogancko — in a shameless manner
  • Polish: bezczelnie — in a shameless manner
  • Polish: bezwstydnie — in a shameless manner
  • Polish: impertynencko — in a shameless manner
  • Polish: zuchwale — in a shameless manner
  • Polish: bezpruderyjnie — in a shameless manner
  • Portuguese: desavergonhadamente — in a shameless manner
  • Portuguese: impudentemente — in a shameless manner
  • Russian: бесстыдно (besstydno) — in a shameless manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: drsko — in a shameless manner
  • Spanish: desvergonzadamente — in a shameless manner
  • Spanish: descaradamente — in a shameless manner