faultlessly

adv

faultlessly

adv

UK /ˈfɔːlt.ləs.li/ · US /ˈfɔlt.ləs.li/

Etymology From faultless + -ly.

1

In a faultless manner.

  • The interior of the "castle" was as faultlessly neat as its exterior was novel. The entire space, some twenty feet by forty, was subdivided into several small sleeping-rooms; the apartment into which he first entered, serving equally for the ordinary uses of its inmates, and for a kitchen.1841, J[ames] Fenimore Cooper, The Deerslayer: A Tale. […], 1st British edition, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC:
  • It is much easier to detect a fault than to produce a harmonious arrangement. And it is much easier for a man to see faults in a lady’s dress than to give directions for dressing faultlessly.1849, Timothy Shay Arthur, Advice to Young Ladies:
1 more example
  • To the casual eye a mere smart and shining youth of less than thirty summers, faultlessly appointed in every particular, he yet stood among his progeny[…]1904, Henry James, The Golden Bowl:

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