harmlesslyadv.
/ˈhɑːmləsli/, U.S. /ˈhɑrmləsli/ In a harmless manner; without causing or receiving injury.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adverb] > harmlessly
harmlessly1561
wronglesslya1586
inoffensively1598
innoxiously1646
innocuously1650
unafflictinglya1711
unhurtfully1725
uninjuriously1881
unharmfully1888
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) iv. xx. 740 They might behave themselves harmlesly and quietly together.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 32 He had spent that day..both harmlesly and in a Recreation that became a Church-man. View more context for this quotation
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 301 Their balls passed harmlessly over the heads of the Russians.
1880 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times IV. 83 The sudden tumult was harmlessly over.
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