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  • adverb In a tearless way; without tears.

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Examples

  • So, in turning to say farewell to the then placid lake and the great blue mountains, that grew bluer as they receded on either hand, I had the courage to utter that awful word tearlessly, and without one sigh.

    How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

  • Jane discovered that she herself was sobbing tearlessly, or maybe her tears were evaporating in the heat the moment her eyes produced them.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Jane discovered that she herself was sobbing tearlessly, or maybe her tears were evaporating in the heat the moment her eyes produced them.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Jane discovered that she herself was sobbing tearlessly, or maybe her tears were evaporating in the heat the moment her eyes produced them.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Jane discovered that she herself was sobbing tearlessly, or maybe her tears were evaporating in the heat the moment her eyes produced them.

    Uprising Margaret Peterson Haddix 2011

  • Tech. We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly;

    Closing Remarks at the Memorial Ceremony for Virginia Tech Shooting Victims 2007

  • I have to admit that my heart smiled a bit as I tearlessly mourned the great beast to know he is still around by means of offspring.

    Killer-The Final Chapter? « Fairegarden 2008

  • We are Virginia Tech. We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly.

    CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2007 2007

  • We are Virginia Tech. We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly.

    CNN Transcript Apr 17, 2007 2007

  • How she had wept tearlessly beside him—he had felt her shaking, her hands limp and empty in her lap—like a statue of a blindfolded woman crying.

    The Town Chuck Hogan 2004

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