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TUNELESSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tunelessly mean?
• TUNELESSLY (adverb)
The adverb TUNELESSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a tuneless fashion
Familiarity information: TUNELESSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a tuneless fashion
Context example:
he whistled tunelessly
Pertainym:
tuneless (not having a musical sound or pleasing tune)
Context examples
The first part of this was obviously untrue for someone had begun to whistle "The Rosary," tunelessly, inside.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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