blamelessly

1 5.8

In a way that shows no fault or blame

adverb
/ˈbleɪmləsli/

: 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

25 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

inculpably

vsblamelessly

Formal

1 9.5

Without blame or guilt when someone acts

covers lack of blame and also lack of fault or criticism

irreproachably

vsblamelessly

Formal

1 8.4

In a way that has no blame

means the same and is interchangeable in most contexts

Antonyms

faultily

1 7.6

In a wrong or broken way

How Blameless

irreproachably

Formal

1 8.4

blamelessly

1 5.8

innocently

25 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.