firelessly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

fireless +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

firelessly (not comparable)

  1. In a fireless way; without fire.
    • 1925, Richardson Little Wright, House and Garden's Second Book of Houses:
      An important feature of the room is the electric range which has the required special wiring. It is of the pattern which cooks firelessly as well.
    • 2000, Thomas Wolfe, Arlyn Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life:
      A hot mass of coals glowed firelessly in the hearth.
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