bloodlessly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloodlessly
Adverb
  • With the pleasant spring afternoon drawing toward evening, the Sun lazily crossed the sky, casting light all around.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 22 June 2026
  • Ducks got up in front of us, and an eagle soared lazily overhead.
    Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026
Adverb
  • At least four officers stood by during the assaults, while two others halfheartedly attempted to break them up.
    Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • The kale salad, fluffy and delicately dressed, is also getting some buzz now.
    Peter St. Onge Updated June 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 June 2026
  • As for the furnishings and decor, Marie threw in a mix of colors, shapes, and textures—from an eye-popping blue denim patchwork on the sofa (Osni and Roberts’s idea) to a delicately curved Noguchi pendant lamp—to create a kaleidoscopic counterpoint to the woody cocoon.
    Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 23 June 2026
Adverb
  • There’s no way to stop parents from allowing their children to stare listlessly at a screen, but state lawmakers, school board members, administrators and teachers can impact what goes on during the school day.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 24 June 2026
  • The Mets offense once again started listlessly, looking late for a game that started three hours earlier than scheduled because of incoming inclement weather.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Adverb
  • There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Melbourne, Australia — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight.
    CBS News, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • The Philly duo’s tender, faintly medieval-sounding folk song has its hands clasped and its heart on its sleeve.
    Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
  • Its taste reminded me of the lean, faintly gamy venison my uncle hunted in my childhood.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • When Stanton shakily read her Declaration, the crowd seemed wary of the voting-rights point.
    Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Bloodlessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloodlessly. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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