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blamelessly

blamelessly

1 5.8
In a way that shows no fault or blame
  • adverb
  • /ˈbleɪmləsli/
translation icon : sin culpa
  • Despite facing criticism, she continued to act blamelessly, ensuring her actions were always ethical.

Examples

  • Over his bedroom door he'd inscribed this motto: "Live blamelessly; God is present."

    Fiction book (1994)

  • If he is only poor Rosencrantz, or poor Guildenstern, and if he's been functioning blindly and blamelessly, why disappear for so long?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • "And I will," says Anshe blamelessly, rising to leave.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • He who walks blamelessly and does justice.

    Blog text (5)

  • They were righteous, walking blamelessly before God.

    Blog text (24)

  • Yonica's bridegroom must be blamelessly pristine.

    War, Inc. (2008)

  • His guests listened, glasses in hand, among them women who would have listened with equal interest had Zeke been reciting the agricultural products of China; anything, Erasmus imagined them thinking, for this chance to gaze at Zeke blamelessly.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change.

    Blog text (11)

  • He lived his life blamelessly, always treating others with respect and kindness.

  • The witness testified blamelessly, providing clear and honest information about the incident.

Synonyms

innocently
vsblamelessly
28 2.6

In a way that shows no guilt or knowledge of something wrong

means being without blame or fault rather than simply naive or unaware
unimpeachably
vsblamelessly
  • Formal
1 9.1

In a way that cannot be blamed or criticized

is similar but focuses on being free from blame rather than absolute certainty
guiltlessly
vsblamelessly
1 5.4

In a way that does not show feeling bad about what you did

describes being actually free from blame or fault, not only appearance
faultlessly
vsblamelessly
1 5.3

In a way that has no mistakes

focuses on being free from blame and moral fault rather than mere error absence
irreproachably
vsblamelessly
  • Formal
8.4

In a way that has no blame

means the same and is interchangeable in most contexts
inculpably
vsblamelessly
  • Formal
9.5

Without blame or guilt when someone acts

covers lack of blame and also lack of fault or criticism

Antonyms

faultily
7.6

In a wrong or broken way

How Blameless

irreproachably
  • Formal
8.4
blamelessly
1 5.8
innocently
28 2.6

Surface Forms

blamelessly positive

Morphology

blamelessly = blameless (transparent) = blame + less + ly

The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'blameless', which itself is transparently 'blame' + '-less'.

Etymology

Blamelessly is made from blame, meaning 'to say someone did wrong', plus less, meaning 'without', and the ending -ly that makes an adverb. So blamelessly means 'without blame', which is why it describes doing something in a way that cannot be blamed.