noselessly

adv

noselessly

adv

Etymology From noseless + -ly.

1

Without a nose.

  • Ancient mysteries brood silently in the Land of the Pharaohs. Across the desert sands, the Sphinx stares voicelessly, noselessly.1997, James Finn Garner, Apocalypse Wow!: A Memoir for the End of Time, page 102:
  • She had a number of children who were quite recognizable by their faces and their resemblance to her: many women descended from her—this is the truth—were born without a nose and so they lived their lives noselessly.2010, Marie de France, Edward J. Gallagher, The Lays of Marie de France, page 33:

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