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Definition of Artlessly

1. Adverb. In a crude and unskilled manner. "An inexpertly constructed lean-to"

2. Adverb. In an ingenuous manner. "She answered the judge's questions artlessly"

Definition of Artlessly

1. adv. In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile; unaffectedly.

Definition of Artlessly

1. Adverb. In an artless manner. ¹

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Definition of Artlessly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Artlessly

artistic production artistic revolution artistic style artistical artistically artistries artistry artists artistæ artivist

artivists artizan artizans artless artlessly (current term) artlessness artlessnesses artlike artly artmaker

artmakers artmaking artocarpous artolatry artotype artotypes artotyrite artow artroeite

Literary usage of Artlessly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"The little torturer artlessly continued, " You seem disturbed : shall we go to my mamma?" " Yes, let us go to your mamma," cries Mr. Warrington, ..."

2. Studies in the Theory of Human Society by Franklin Henry Giddings (1922)
"In the presence of a fellow being a conscious individual does not do things artlessly.1 He enacts them. Conversation, which too often we think of as ..."

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