guiltlessly C2+ Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment US /ˈɡɪltləsli/ UK /ˈɡɪltləsli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv in a manner free from guilt or blame The child slept guiltlessly through the whole commotion. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in a manner free from guilt... innocentlyblamelesslyfaultlessly ↔ Opposites guiltilyculpably Word family Related forms guiltlessguiltguilty Etymology AI details From guiltless (Old English gyltleas) + the adverbial suffix -ly. gylt Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Ethics & Social Judgment Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # guiltlessly **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈɡɪltləsli/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɪltləsli/ ## Meanings 1. in a manner free from guilt or blame ## Examples - The child slept guiltlessly through the whole commotion. ## Synonyms - innocently - blamelessly - faultlessly ## Antonyms - guiltily - culpably ## Related Forms - guiltless - guilt - guilty ## Roots and Affixes - Root: gylt ## Etymology From guiltless (Old English gyltleas) + the adverbial suffix -ly. ## AI Etymology guiltlessly comes from guiltless (Old English gyltleas) + the adverbial suffix -ly. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adverb sense is "in a manner free from guilt or blame", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as guiltless, guilt, and guilty. Its semantic neighborhood includes innocently, blamelessly, and faultlessly, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English gylt. ## Topics - Ethics & Social Judgment - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown