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Definition of Nervelessly
1. Adverb. In a composed and unconcerned manner. "Without more ado Barker borrowed a knife from his brigade Major and honed it on a carborundum stone as coolly as a butcher"
Definition of Nervelessly
1. Adverb. In a nerveless manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nervelessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nervelessly
Literary usage of Nervelessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1903)
"deepening as he looked at it, he sank down nervelessly in a chair. '"My God !'
he said. 'I've got it. Don't come near me. I am a dead man. ..."
2. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy (1917)
"(The hand she had offered dropped nervelessly, but the tears continued flowing.)
"Well, yes, I'll-take it, if only for the sake of my own foolish kisses ..."
3. The Shadow Line: A Confession by Joseph Conrad (1917)
"... nervelessly from her sails. And yet she moved. She must have. For, as the sun
was setting, we had drawn abreast of Cape Liant and dropped it behind us: ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"It seemed hardly the face of a man alive, with such a deathlike hue; it was hardly
a man with life in him that tottered on his path so nervelessly,—yet ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1901)
"... caught the arm with his other hand, and let the empty pistol fall into the
water at his feet. John King's fingers slipped nervelessly from ..."
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