Definitions

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  • adverb Without a face or identity.

Etymologies

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faceless +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Two absorbing days on Fraser once again, didn’t get to see a single lean and hungry dingo prowling with intent upon the beach or hear the spirits calling facelessly in dead of night.

    Fraser Island Ivan Donn Carswell 2008

  • Two absorbing days on Fraser once again, didn’t get to see a single lean and hungry dingo prowling with intent upon the beach or hear the spirits calling facelessly in dead of night.

    Archive 2008-04-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2008

  • The most that can be said about Jack O'Brien's staging, alas, is that it's efficient, while Jerry Mitchell's choreography is as facelessly derivative as the songs.

    Don't Let its Name Be a Curse Terry Teachout 2011

  • We have culture, some family traditions, but the rest of our ancestors hover facelessly, collective, in the past.

    How to Honor Ancestors 2008

  • Ted knew that the telephone was the perfect way to anonymously and facelessly set up a safe rendezvous.

    The Riverman Robert D. Keppel 2005

  • Is there a penumbra of privacy around the lives we live publically, but somewhat facelessly?

    Privacy and the "Ripples" We Leave 2005

  • Ted knew that the telephone was the perfect way to anonymously and facelessly set up a safe rendezvous.

    The Riverman Robert D. Keppel 2005

  • Ted knew that the telephone was the perfect way to anonymously and facelessly set up a safe rendezvous.

    The Riverman Robert D. Keppel 2005

  • Rather than watching someone individually prepare our meal, we were instead presented with this buoyant buffet from which we dejectedly chose our facelessly prepared sashimi.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

  • Rather than watching someone individually prepare our meal, we were instead presented with this buoyant buffet from which we dejectedly chose our facelessly prepared sashimi.

    I’m Working on That William Shatner 2002

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