no-nonsensely
English
Etymology
no-nonsense + -ly
Adverb
no-nonsensely (comparative more no-nonsensely, superlative most no-nonsensely)
- 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."