untearfully
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Not tearfully; without tears.
Example Sentences
- "Perhaps we have no right to complain of the obliteration of these memorials of antiquity by the plough; the living are more than the dead, and in this case it may be said that we are only following the Artemisian example in consuming (in our daily bread) minute portions of the ashes of our old relations, albeit untearfully, with a cheerful countenance."
- "These advertisements linger somewhere between pride and indignation—"I've only had three hours of sleep!" we cry, untearfully, as we stir coffees and the hearts of friends for comfort."
Etymology
From untearful + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more untearfully (comparative)
most untearfully (superlative)