shamelessly
/ʃˈeɪmləsli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.
Example Sentences
- "Bradly served him a handsome allowance, and Podson was at it, even in the process of its being served. He guzzled shamelessly, pushing food into an overstuffed mouth, his eye glazed to all intrusion on a gastric debauch."
- "Yesterday, I shamelessly blegged people to vote for my son in a Parents magazine cutest kid contest."
- "But I take the view that the statue is a cheap and cynical stunt by ministers with scant knowledge of history, whose only interest lies in greasing up to modern Indian politicians. With little or no dignity, they shamelessly prostrate themselves in the most craven way."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *skamō Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-Germanic *skamōlausaz Proto-West Germanic *skamulaus Old English sċamlēas Middle English schameles English shameless Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English shamelessly From shameless + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more shamelessly (comparative)
most shamelessly (superlative)