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artlessly

ADVERB
crudely
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But the “L.A. Confidential” shadow is long, and the artlessly edited “The Black Dahlia” wilted quickly in it.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Kiarostami doesn’t just drop a camera artlessly in the wilderness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2019

In artlessly blatant ways — no costumes, props or makeup — he attempted to alter its surfaces, change its gender, cancel it out.

From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2016

The stool, Panthers administrators believe, isn’t just a chair with wheels and legs padded artlessly with medical tape and foam rubber.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2016

Elizabeth's artlessly inquiring gaze provoked another burst of well-bred merriment.

From And So They Were Married by Florence Morse Kingsley




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