English
toothlessly
From toothless + -ly.
A compound of toothless + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- ‘to bite’
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Proto-Germanic *tanþs ‘tooth’
Proto-Germanic *tanþlausaz
Old English tōþlēas
Middle English tothles
English toothless
Today it means
adv In a toothless way; without teeth.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “toothlessly”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / toothlessly