no-nonsensely
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a no-nonsense manner; practically or seriously.
Example Sentences
- "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)."
- ""Doesn't she look nice?" was the refrain of the day, wherever we went, wherever the shiny ducktails would bob no-nonsensely past."
- "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.""
Etymology
From no-nonsense + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more no-nonsensely (comparative)
most no-nonsensely (superlative)