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Definition of Tunelessly
1. Adverb. In a tuneless fashion. "He whistled tunelessly"
Definition of Tunelessly
1. Adverb. In a tuneless manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tunelessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tunelessly
Literary usage of Tunelessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"... began to hum tunelessly. My excellent friend Bombados. Ennis, who had gone to
the yard, came back, saying: — The boy from the house is coming up for the ..."
2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"Heron, beside Stephen, began to hum tunelessly. My excellent friend Bombados.
Ennis, who had gone to the yard, came back, saying: — The boy from the house ..."
3. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"[He takes an instrument from one of the baskets and hands it to the First Chinese,
who sings the following song, accompanying himself, somewhat tunelessly, ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1863)
"Soft, silken primrose, fading tunelessly." It is needless, it is impossible, to
add anything to this : the fervor, the sweetness, the flush of poetic ..."
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