unobstructedly
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From unobstructed + -ly.
Adverb[edit]
unobstructedly (comparative more unobstructedly, superlative most unobstructedly)
- Without being obstructed; without being hidden or blocked.
- 1863, Henry David Thoreau, “Night and Moonlight”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 12, number 72, pages 579–583:
- It does not concern men who are asleep in their beds, but it is very important to the traveller, whether the moon shines brightly or is obscured. It is not easy to realize the serene joy of all the earth, when she commences to shine unobstructedly, unless you have often been abroad alone in moonlight nights.
- (figuratively) Without hindrance or impediment; freely.
Synonyms[edit]
- (without hindrance): freely, unhinderedly
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “without being obstructed”): obstructedly
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
without hindrance or impediment; freely