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eventless, a.|ɪˈvɛntlɪs|
[f. event n. + -less; cf. eventful.]
Without events; unmarked by noteworthy incidents.
1815F. Burney Diary (1842–6) VII. 231 Our journey was eventless. 1868Morris Earthly Par. (1870) I. i. 72 So smoothly o'er our heads the days did flit, Yet not eventless either. 1878H. M. Stanley Dark Cont. x. 213 On the 21st we made a tedious eventless voyage. 1880J. W. Sherer Conjuror's Daughter 225 The long eventless day was nearing to its close.
Hence eˈventlessly adv., in an eventless manner. eˈventlessness, the condition of being eventless.
1888G. E. Post Lond. Miss. Conf. I. 24 Her life goes on eventlessly year after year until she reaches the mature age of ten. 1872Howells Wedd. Journ. (1884) 309 He was pleased with the natural eventlessness of the whole adventure. |
