Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a shameless manner; without shame; impudently; as a man shamelessly wicked.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb without shame

Etymologies

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shameless +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Expelled, who use the term shamelessly to attack evolution, people on all sides of the political spectrum should rally around this call for change.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Ph.D. Michael Zimmerman 2010

  • But Jennifer Wurst - who lives with her partner in a rented, gray-shingled house in rural Maine, with rooms so spare and clean they could be the setting for a catalog shoot for the kind of high-end clothing Wurst cannot afford and would not buy anyway - uses the word shamelessly.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • It is not we of the foreign community so many among our kin shamelessly call themselves "Gringos" as if they can "Step&Fetch" their way into their desired Mexican community by tap dancing their way in a la Birmingham Brown of Charlie Chan fame but I´ll tell you this.

    Remarkable Incongruity 2009

  • KG yet again shamelessly supporting angdesj - I think you two should start sending joint comments so we don't have to read the same thing twice.

    Stuff I say that makes my co-workers think I'm a weirdo Tyler 2009

  • It is not we of the foreign community so many among our kin shamelessly call themselves "Gringos" as if they can "Step&Fetch" their way into their desired Mexican community by tap dancing their way in a la Birmingham Brown of Charlie Chan fame but I´ll tell you this.

    Remarkable Incongruity 2009

  • It is not we of the foreign community so many among our kin shamelessly call themselves "Gringos" as if they can "Step&Fetch" their way into their desired Mexican community by tap dancing their way in a la Birmingham Brown of Charlie Chan fame but I´ll tell you this.

    Remarkable Incongruity 2009

  • But he luffed the boat less delicately, spilling the wind shamelessly from the sail so as to prolong the tack to the north shore.

    Chapter 20 2010

  • It is not we of the foreign community so many among our kin shamelessly call themselves "Gringos" as if they can "Step&Fetch" their way into their desired Mexican community by tap dancing their way in a la Birmingham Brown of Charlie Chan fame but I´ll tell you this.

    Remarkable Incongruity 2009

  • It is not we of the foreign community so many among our kin shamelessly call themselves "Gringos" as if they can "Step&Fetch" their way into their desired Mexican community by tap dancing their way in a la Birmingham Brown of Charlie Chan fame but I´ll tell you this.

    Remarkable Incongruity 2009

  • It is not we of the foreign community so many among our kin shamelessly call themselves "Gringos" as if they can "Step&Fetch" their way into their desired Mexican community by tap dancing their way in a la Birmingham Brown of Charlie Chan fame but I´ll tell you this.

    Remarkable Incongruity 2009

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