shamelessly

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adverb

In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

adverbshamelessly (comparative more shamelessly, superlative most shamelessly)

comparative more shamelessly · superlative most shamelessly

  1. In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

    Yesterday, I shamelessly blegged people to vote for my son in a Parents magazine cutest kid contest.

    2010 April 15, Iain Murray, “Chicagoan Voting System!”, in National Review Online
    2 more examples

    Bradly served him a handsome allowance, and Podson was at it, even in the process of its being served. He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 68

    But I take the view that the statue is a cheap and cynical stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history, whose only interest lies in greasing up to modern Indian politicians. With little or no dignity, they shamelessly prostrate themselves in the most craven way.

    2014 July 10, Stephen Glover, “Sorry, but Gandhi statue in Westminster is a cheap stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history greasing up to India”, in Daily Mail

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbwithout shame

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*skamō
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*skamōlausaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*skamulaus
  8. Old Englishsċamlēas
  9. Middle Englishschameles
  10. Englishshameless
  11. Englishshamelessly

From shameless + -ly.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀναιδῶς
  • ἀναιδῶς (anaidôs)in a shameless manner
Catalan desvergonyidament
  • desvergonyidamentin a shameless manner
Czech nestydatě, drze
  • nestydatěin a shameless manner
  • drzein a shameless manner
Esperanto senhonte
  • senhontein a shameless manner
French effrontément
  • effrontémentin a shameless manner
Hindi निर्लज्जतापूर्वक
  • निर्लज्जतापूर्वक (nirlajjatāpūrvak)in a shameless manner
Hungarian szégyentelenül
  • szégyentelenülin a shameless manner
Latin impudenter
  • impudenterin a shameless manner
Polish arogancko, bezczelnie
  • aroganckoin a shameless manner
  • bezczelniein a shameless manner
  • bezwstydniein a shameless manner
  • impertynenckoin a shameless manner
  • zuchwalein a shameless manner
  • bezpruderyjniein a shameless manner
Portuguese desavergonhadamente, impudentemente
  • desavergonhadamentein a shameless manner
  • impudentementein a shameless manner
Russian бесстыдно
  • бесстыдно (besstydno)in a shameless manner
Spanish desvergonzadamente, descaradamente
  • desvergonzadamentein a shameless manner
  • descaradamentein a shameless manner
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APA

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Chicago

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