bloodlessly

adverb

as in lazily

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodlessly
  1. lazily
  2. halfheartedly
  3. delicately
  4. listlessly
  5. languidly
  6. faintly
  7. shakily
Adverb
  • Demis Hassabis has made the same point more bluntly, cautioning that using AI lazily can actually make people worse at critical thinking.
    — Ted Ladd, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The Roamer rolled lazily in the light swell that was coming in from the open lake, and our rod tips dipped and rose, but nobody got a strike.
    — JAMES D. OXLEY, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of lazily
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  • When Oscar halfheartedly tries to throw a ball into one of the set’s prop cubes and improbably makes the shot, the whole set goes joyously nuts, with the performers leaping up to embrace him and cavort around him.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The show’s interests are theoretically in a nuclear family gradually coming back together, though even that theme is halfheartedly pursued.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 16 July 2026
Definition of halfheartedly
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  • Beyond his sensitivity to light, Zumthor has also delicately handled how the new Beyeler buildings coexist with their environs.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The shoes feature asymmetrical, delicately enveloping lines, and are tapered at the toe.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of delicately
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  • Lady Holiday listlessly turns the pages, barely glancing at Miss Piggy in various outfits.
    — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Every once in a while a crow calls, but there’s not much structure to it, with the sounds listlessly bouncing off the walls imposed by the five-minute runtimes instead of cohering into a rhythm.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
Definition of listlessly
Adverb
  • Elsewhere, stoles stole the show, particular those draped languidly over the shoulder or fashioned as cummerbunds.
    — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
  • On a windy afternoon, a family packs a beach bag, perhaps for the last time, and languidly walks towards the coast.
    — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of languidly
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  • Mention a competing system and some responses turn faintly territorial.
    — Puneet Gaur, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The campaign plays more than a bit faintly here in Harris County, home to the biggest Black population of any county in the United States.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of faintly
Adverb
  • Kovacik shakily asked Silverman who the helicopter belonged to.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The archival, iconic footage of Jordan scoring 38 points while dealing with illness in Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals was intended to inspire willpower in a Bruins team that had run shakily out of the starting gate in its last two tournament games.
    — Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026
Definition of shakily
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“Bloodlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlessly. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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