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Definition of Brainlessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brainlessly
Literary usage of Brainlessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War--what For? by George Ross Kirkpatrick (1910)
"... insulted their wives and raped their daughters To follow the flag—brainlessly—like
dumb cattle following a "trick" bull to the bloody shambles of the ..."
2. Proceedings by National Speech Arts Association (1893)
"... ti fad of recent birth, has been presented so frivolously and brainlessly as
to almost wholly banish the word from the vocabulary of the intelligent. ..."
3. The Contemporary Review (1876)
"... not be done more brainlessly. A poor piece of mannerism at best, it is here
wretchedly worked, and though Whitman sometimes executes it with less ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... narrowing her with senseless pride, Now when she is rocked and reeling in the
cradles of the sea, Here again will after ages deem we acted brainlessly. ..."
5. Dramatic Opinions and Essays with an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"The average Parisian actor was quaint and interesting to me at first; and his
peculiar mechanical cadence, which he learns as brainlessly as a costermonger ..."
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