Definition of Brainlessly

1. Adverb. in a brainless manner; stupidly; foolishly ¹

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Definition of Brainlessly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brainlessly

brainiac
brainiacs
brainier
brainiest
brainily
braininess
braininesses
braining
brainish
brainist
brainists
brainless
brainlessly (current term)
brainlessness
brainlessnesses
brainlike
brainpan
brainpans
brainpower
brainpowers
brains
brains trust
brains trusts
brainsick
brainsickly
brainsickness
brainstem

Literary usage of Brainlessly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. War--what For? by George Ross Kirkpatrick (1910)
"... insulted their wives and raped their daughters To follow the flag—brainlessly—like dumb cattle following a "trick" bull to the bloody shambles of the ..."

2. Proceedings by National Speech Arts Association (1893)
"... ti fad of recent birth, has been presented so frivolously and brainlessly as to almost wholly banish the word from the vocabulary of the intelligent. ..."

3. The Contemporary Review (1876)
"... not be done more brainlessly. A poor piece of mannerism at best, it is here wretchedly worked, and though Whitman sometimes executes it with less ..."

4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"... narrowing her with senseless pride, Now when she is rocked and reeling in the cradles of the sea, Here again will after ages deem we acted brainlessly. ..."

5. Dramatic Opinions and Essays with an Apology by Bernard Shaw (1907)
"The average Parisian actor was quaint and interesting to me at first; and his peculiar mechanical cadence, which he learns as brainlessly as a costermonger ..."

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