Meanings
- not comparableIn a fireless way; without fire.
A hot mass of coals glowed firelessly in the hearth.
2000, Thomas Wolfe, Arlyn Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life1 more example
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.
1925, Richardson Little Wright, House and Garden's Second Book of Houses
Origin
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