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The real difference between literature and pulp is the kind of emotional responses they elicit. Dan Brown can't pierce your heart. Patricia Cornwell can't make you read a sentence twice and then look sightlessly out of the window.
Peter Temple

Meaning of "sightlessly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SIGHTLESSLY

sightlessly  [ˈsaɪtlɪslɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SIGHTLESSLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sightlessly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES SIGHTLESSLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sightlessly in the English dictionary

The definition of sightlessly in the dictionary is in a way that cannot see.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SIGHTLESSLY


artlessly
ˈɑːtlɪslɪ
blamelessly
ˈbleɪmlɪslɪ
bootlessly
ˈbuːtlɪslɪ
causelessly
ˈkɔːzlɪslɪ
costlessly
ˈkɒstlɪslɪ
countlessly
ˈkaʊntlɪslɪ
dauntlessly
ˈdɔːntlɪslɪ
doubtlessly
ˈdaʊtlɪslɪ
guiltlessly
ˈɡɪltlɪslɪ
harmlessly
ˈhɑːmlɪslɪ
heartlessly
ˈhɑːtlɪslɪ
heedlessly
ˈhiːdlɪslɪ
mirthlessly
mɜːθlɪslɪ
nervelessly
ˈnɜːvlɪslɪ
profitlessly
ˈprɒfɪtlɪslɪ
remorselessly
rɪˈmɔːslɪslɪ
resistlessly
rɪˈzɪstlɪslɪ
senselessly
ˈsenslɪslɪ
taintlessly
ˈteɪntlɪslɪ
tastelessly
ˈteɪstlɪslɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SIGHTLESSLY

sight gag
sight unseen
sight-read
sight-reader
sight-reading
sightable
sighted
sighter
sighting
sightless
sightlessness
sightlier
sightliest
sightline
sightliness
sightly
sights
sightsaw
sightscreen
sightsee

WORDS THAT END LIKE SIGHTLESSLY

aimlessly
carelessly
effortlessly
endlessly
expressly
faultlessly
flawlessly
grossly
helplessly
hopelessly
mercilessly
needlessly
recklessly
relentlessly
ruthlessly
seamlessly
shamelessly
spotlessly
timelessly
tirelessly
wordlessly

Synonyms and antonyms of sightlessly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sightlessly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIGHTLESSLY

Find out the translation of sightlessly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sightlessly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sightlessly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无神
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin ver
570 millions of speakers

English

sightlessly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sightlessly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sightlessly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

незряче
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cegamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sightlessly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sightlessly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tanpa penglihatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

blicklos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sightlessly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sightlessly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sightlessly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sightlessly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sightlessly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दृष्टिहीनतेने
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sightlessly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

senza vedere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ślepo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незрячих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fără să vadă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sightlessly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sightlessly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sightlessly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sightlessly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sightlessly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SIGHTLESSLY»

The term «sightlessly» is normally little used and occupies the 118.304 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SIGHTLESSLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sightlessly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sightlessly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sightlessly

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QUOTES WITH «SIGHTLESSLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sightlessly.
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Peter Temple
The real difference between literature and pulp is the kind of emotional responses they elicit. Dan Brown can't pierce your heart. Patricia Cornwell can't make you read a sentence twice and then look sightlessly out of the window.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIGHTLESSLY»

Discover the use of sightlessly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sightlessly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American encyclopedic dictionary
sightlessly. •2. Not sightly ; offensive to the eye ; unsightly. "Fall of unpleasing biota and night I ems stain*." Shakesp.: King John, iii. 1. •3. Not appearing to sight ; invisible. " Upon the sightless couriers of the air." Shakesp.: Macbeth, i. 7. sight ...
Robert Hunter, John Alfred Williams, Sidney John Hervon Herrtage, 1897
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The imperial encyclopaedic dictionary: a new and exhaustive ...
sightlessly. •2. Not sightly ; offensive to the eye ; unsightly. "Full of unpleasing biota and stghtlens stains." Shaketp.; Kiity John, Hi. 1. •3. Not appearing to sight ; invisible. " Upon the sightless courier* of the air." Shakesp.: Macbeth, I. 7. sight less ...
Robert Hunter, 1901
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Dear and Glorious Physician
He could only stare sightlessly at Keptah and feel nausea at this incredible betrayal, and the fire of ignominy and furious anger in his breast. Linus, smiling whitely, flung himself back into his chair. "Five hundred gold pieces", he said to Keptah.
Taylor Caldwell, 2008
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The McGill University Magazine
Andrew Macphail. Sightlessly, to myriads hurled Far through heaven's interspace , Which the laws of God embrace. All the millions who are dead Lived for thee and thine, and shed, Knowing naught, on man their power, Given as eternal dower.
Andrew Macphail, 1903
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The University Magazine
Sightlessly, to myriads hurled Far through heaven's interspace, Which the laws of God embrace. All the millions who are dead Lived for thee and thine, and shed, Knowing naught, on man their power, Given as eternal dower. Love thy kind ...
‎1903
6
Cowboy's Bride
... even more than Jenna—she decided she could probably handle her sister. Joe leaned forward, arms resting on the steering wheel of his semi, his eyes staring sightlessly at the line of tractor-trailer units ahead of him at the weighing station.
Carolyne Aarsen, 2011
7
Twilight Fulfilled
Until then, however, it would do. Brigit lay on a bed, staring sightlessly into space. Her mother had bathed her, dressed her in a soft white nightgown, draped a blanket over her, upon their arrival. The other surviving vampires had gone in many ...
Maggie Shayne, 2011
8
Big Sky Country
Still dressed in the same clothes, she hadalternately paced theroom andstared sightlessly out the window. Sometimes she thoughtof nothing except what it had beenlike in Riordan's arms. At other times, her mind raced wildlyto come up with a ...
Janet Dailey, 2014
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Trapped in Thought: A Study of the Beckettian Mentality
... a round shaving-glass, double-faced, faithful and magnifying, staring into one of the others, the true ones, true then, and seeing me there, imagining I saw me there, lurking behind the bluey veils, staring back sightlessly, at the age of twelve,  ...
Eric P. Levy, 2007
10
Masking the Blow: The Scene of Representation in Late ...
Depicted in profile and with what seems to be a broken back, the enemy looks sightlessly up at the lion who masks the ruler placed "above" the scene (or, from the point of view of the fallen enemy, "behind" his forward representation in the ...
Whitney Davis, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIGHTLESSLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sightlessly is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Look Inside The Mind Of An Atlanta Braves Fan: A Terrifying …
Simmons' eyes would stare sightlessly out into the night as the last fading neuron-fire in his mind sparked, and the last thing he would ever think crossed his ... «Baseball Essential, Jul 15»
2
Archibald Prize 2015: first-time finalists bring new life to the contest
Shen has made the smile even more alarming by the device of the white rabbit that rears up sightlessly on Neilson's lap. It makes both subject and rabbit seem ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
3
Is Telltale getting 'Game of Thrones' right?
Where's the world-changing murder I can set sightlessly in motion by the smallest of offenses, like Robb Stark's? Where's the deathly defeat I can snatch from the ... «Auburn Citizen, Jul 15»
4
The Dalit life: fighting with vultures for the meat of dead cattle
When it was a cow, the sight of those pathetic eyes turned sightlessly towards the sky would chill me. Those eyes haunt me still. My mother's eyes and a cow's ... «Scroll.in, Jun 15»
5
Ai Weiwei and The Battle of Culture vs Repression
Mask, from 2013, is a gas mask which peers sightlessly out of a polished marble slab. And - perhaps most disconcerting of all - a couple of stained-looking white ... «The News Hub, Jun 15»
6
RayGo Indiegogo Tackles Distracted Driving Problem With …
... the company's modified Android OS featuring simplified versions of popular apps like Whatsapp, Facebook Messenger and Gmail that can be used sightlessly. «iDigitalTimes.com, Apr 15»
7
Michael Cera, Subway Pole Abuser
I was alone in a subway car with Michael Cera but all I did was let my cold gaze rove sightlessly past him, because I respect urban privacy. — Emily Carmichael ... «Gothamist, Mar 15»
8
Watching Artiphon Kickstart It Out Of The Park: Lawyer Notes For …
As a musician himself, the critical components to the instrument were that it feel authentic enough that it could be played "sightlessly" by touch the way traditional ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Mar 15»
9
'Homeland' Begins Its New Season on Sunday
... of the second episode, when Carrie is back at a window, this one on an airplane headed for Islamabad, again looking intently yet sightlessly into darkness. «New York Times, Oct 14»
10
'Young Gun' Torrey Westrom hopes to stir up 7th District race
That would be the first of many summers Westrom would spend sightlessly throwing bales of hay. Said Westrom: “When others have an expectation of you, you ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Sep 14»

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