Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a harmless manner; without inflicting or receiving injury.
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- adverb In a
harmless manner.
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- adverb in a harmless manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Their technique relies on tiny, high-energy particles that rain harmlessly on Earth as a byproduct of constant cosmic rays streaming from the sun and other sources.
Space Particles to ‘X-Ray’ Hidden Pyramids | Impact Lab 2007
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From there, a simple twist would throw the attacking sword harmlessly aside and leave Kelsey's foe vulnerable for a counter.
The Woods Out Back Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1993
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They smiled when pleased, which was fairly often, and they laughed as well, but it was a kind of harmlessly mocking laughter, almost invariably directed at an act or an object-his undershorts with the cartoon pandas, for example-that they considered ridiculous.
Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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They smiled when pleased, which was fairly often, and they laughed as well, but it was a kind of harmlessly mocking laughter, almost invariably directed at an act or an object-his undershorts with the cartoon pandas, for example-that they considered ridiculous.
Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates Robbins, Tom 2000
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They think these abuses are anomalies that will harmlessly pass away.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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They think these abuses are anomalies that will harmlessly pass away.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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They think these abuses are anomalies that will harmlessly pass away.
The Good Fight Walter F. Mondale 2010
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Radioactive iodine is short-lived, with a half-life of eight days — the length of time it takes for half of it to break down harmlessly.
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For Khvostyk, the village, a three-hour bumpy drive from the capital, Kyiv, was a safe place where the world drifted by harmlessly until the Chernobyl nuclear accident happened.
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This “threatening bullet” BOUNCED off the blinds and fell harmlessly to the floor!!!!!
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