no-nonsensely

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English

Etymology

From no-nonsense +‎ -ly.

Adverb

no-nonsensely (comparative more no-nonsensely, superlative most no-nonsensely)

  1. In a no-nonsense manner; practically or seriously.
    • 2002, Timon Screech, The Lens Within the Heart: The Western Scientific Gaze and Popular Imagery in Later Edo Japan, page 115:
      The work was illustrated by the author and no-nonsensely entitled Pictures Cast by the Projector of the Human Heart (Jinshin-kyo no utsushi-e).
    • 2006, Jean Godfrey-June, Free Gift with Purchase: My Improbable Career in Magazines and Makeup:
      "Doesn't she look nice?" was the refrain of the day, wherever we went, wherever the shiny ducktails would bob no-nonsensely past.
    • 2020, Steven Sater, Alice By Heart, page 261:
      But as the steady-eyed Canteen worker checked the time and briskly beckoned the next in line, he pressed no-nonsensely forward: "Two sausage rolls, please."