Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Free from affliction or trouble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Free from affliction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Free from
affliction .
Etymologies
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affliction + -less
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Examples
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He always had a loosened tooth or a cut finger to show to particular friends, which he did with an air of being thereby elevated above the common herd of afflictionless humanity — to which exhibition people were expected to say
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He always had a loosened tooth or a cut finger to show to particular friends, which he did with an air of being thereby elevated above the common herd of afflictionless humanity -- to which exhibition people were expected to say "Poor child!" with a dash of congratulation as well as pity.
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