blamelessly

C2+ Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment

US /ˈbleɪmləsli/ UK /ˈbleɪmləsli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a manner free from blame or fault

She had lived blamelessly, and no charge could touch her.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a manner free from blame... innocently guiltlesslyfaultlesslyirreproachably

Opposites

guiltily culpably

Word family

Related forms blameless blame

Etymology

From blameless (blame + -less) + the adverbial suffix -ly; blame ultimately from Greek blasphēmein ('to speak ill').

blasphēmein Ancient Greek -līce Old English

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Topics

Ethics & Social Judgment Word Formation & Derivatives

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# blamelessly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈbleɪmləsli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbleɪmləsli/

## Meanings
1. in a manner free from blame or fault

## Examples
- She had lived blamelessly, and no charge could touch her.

## Synonyms
- innocently
- guiltlessly
- faultlessly
- irreproachably

## Antonyms
- guiltily
- culpably

## Related Forms
- blameless
- blame

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: blasphēmein
- Root: -līce

## Etymology
From blameless (blame + -less) + the adverbial suffix -ly; blame ultimately from Greek blasphēmein ('to speak ill').

## AI Etymology
Blamelessly comes from blameless (blame + -less) + the adverbial suffix -ly; blame ultimately from Greek blasphēmein ('to speak ill'). The historical trail runs through blasphēmein in Ancient Greek and -līce in Old English. Morphologically, blamelessly is transparent: it draws on blameless (blame + -less) + the adverbial suffix -ly. Used as an adverb, blamelessly now means "in a manner free from blame or fault", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as blameless and blame. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Ethics & Social Judgment
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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