adv. rare1. [f. prec. + -LY2.] In an answerless manner; in a way that is no answer. (See ANSWERLESS 1 c.)

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1620.  Bp. Hall, Hon. Maried Clergie, I. § 1. Answered indeed; but, as he said, δοτα ανεκδοτα—answerlesly.

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