bloodlessly
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6.3
- adverb
- /ˈblʌd.ləs.li/
:
sin derramamiento de sangre
- They write bloodlessly that 'once it is put into play, Americans will expect the military to execute without pause and as professionally as if it were acting overseas.'
Examples
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That's not going to happen easily, bloodlessly, effortlessly.
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In another book of Hart's, to which you earlier referred, he said he was being "bloodlessly clinical."
Blog text (16) -
I have to do this bloodlessly.
Fiction book (1992) -
Sins of the left are presented bloodlessly but at least acknowledged.
Blog text (4) -
Of course, secession is possible and could be done bloodlessly.
Blog text (6) -
That's not going to happen easily, bloodlessly, effortlessly.
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Thanks in large part to the non-hierarchical nature of the military regime, seven years of dictatorial rule ended as quickly and bloodlessly as they had begun.
Academic text (1997) -
The revolution ended bloodlessly, allowing the country to transition to democracy without violence.
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The treaty was signed bloodlessly, with both sides agreeing to the terms peacefully.
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In recent history, many nations have changed their governments bloodlessly through peaceful protests.
Synonyms
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3.6
In a calm way without arguing or fighting
Antonyms
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bloodlessly is made from blood ('blood'), the ending -less ('without'), and -ly (which makes it mean 'in this way'). So it literally means 'in a way without blood', which is why we use it to say something happened 'without violence' or 'without bloodshed'.