no-nonsensely

adverb

In a no-nonsense manner; practically or seriously.

Meanings

adverbno-nonsensely (comparative more no-nonsensely, superlative most no-nonsensely)

comparative more no-nonsensely · superlative most no-nonsensely

  1. In a no-nonsense manner; practically or seriously.

    "Doesn't she look nice?" was the refrain of the day, wherever we went, wherever the shiny ducktails would bob no-nonsensely past.

    2006, Jean Godfrey-June, Free Gift with Purchase: My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup
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    The work was illustrated by the author and no-nonsensely entitled Pictures Cast by the Projector of the Human Heart (Jinshin-kyo no utsushi-e).

    2002, Timon Screech, The Lens Within the Heart: The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan, page 115

    But as the steady-eyed Canteen worker checked the time and briskly beckoned the next in line, he pressed no-nonsensely forward: "Two sausage rolls, please."

    2020, Steven Sater, Alice By Heart, page 261

Origin

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Chicago

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