Definition of Bloodlessly

1. Adverb. Without bloodshed; in a bloodless manner; without shedding blood. "The coup disposed of the dictator bloodlessly"

Antonyms: Bloodily
Partainyms: Bloodless

Definition of Bloodlessly

1. Adverb. In a bloodless manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bloodlessly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bloodlessly

bloodies
bloodiest
bloodily
bloodiness
bloodinesses
blooding
bloodings
bloodleaf
bloodleafs
bloodleaves
bloodless
bloodless amputation
bloodless decerebration
bloodless operation
bloodless phlebotomy
bloodlessly (current term)
bloodlessness
bloodlessnesses
bloodlet
bloodletter
bloodletters
bloodletting
bloodlettings
bloodlike
bloodline
bloodlines
bloodloss
bloodlust
bloodlusts
bloodlusty

Literary usage of Bloodlessly

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

1. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1895)
"He was slender and almost frail; tall, dressed in black; with long silvery curls, and a bloodlessly white face, delicately featured, and whose thoughtful ..."

2. The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly by William Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms, Frances Trevelyan Miller (1895)
"He was slender and almost frail ; tall, dressed in black; with long silvery curls, and a bloodlessly white face, delicately featured, and whose thoughtful ..."

3. The Medical Times and Gazette (1874)
"•Statistics of his own operations performed bloodlessly compared favourably ... Operations on the male genitals could also be performed bloodlessly by the ..."

4. Surgical Shock and the Shockless Operation Through Anoci-association by George Washington Crile, William Edgar Lower (1920)
"The white glistening fascia has no bloodvessels, and its parallel strands may, therefore, be bloodlessly divided with a sharp knife. ..."

5. Operative Surgery in the Calcutta Medical College Hospital: Statistics by Kenneth McLeod (1885)
"Removed bloodlessly ; 36 vessels tied. Wound putrefied; fever for ten days; left hospital in ... Excised bloodlessly ; 35 ligatures used ; wound putrefied. ..."

6. The Iliad by Homer (1851)
"... and their mind greatly hoped to slay them, nnd to drive away the long-necked steeds. Foolish,1 for they were not destined to return back bloodlessly ..."

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