Harmlessly is an English word with synonyms like harmfully. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Harmlessly meaning
In a harmless manner.
Synonyms of Harmlessly
Using Harmlessly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a harmless manner.
- Useful related words include: harmfully.
- In the example corpus, harmlessly often appears in combinations such as: harmlessly over, harmlessly into, harmlessly in.
Context around Harmlessly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 9 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Harmlessly
- In this selection, "harmlessly" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sails, spun, drifts, left, wide and mundane stand out and add context to how "harmlessly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and bounces harmlessly out for and and landed harmlessly in lake. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "harmlessly" sits close to words such as abenaki, abstracted and addendum, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with harmlessly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A shot by Williams spun harmlessly into the air. (9 words)
Following the corner, a header at the far post flies harmlessly over the bar. (14 words)
Candida fungi usually live harmlessly on skin and in the mouth, throat, gut and vagina. (15 words)
Gen. Mark Milley, U.S. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, confirmed via press conference Tuesday that the first AIM-9X sidewinder missile fired by the jet missed the “balloon” and landed “harmlessly” in Lake Huron. (37 words)
He got off a pretty good look to beat the buzzer before the Jayhawks could foul only to see it hit the rim and bounce straight up before falling harmlessly to the floor. (33 words)
However, McCabe advanced off his goal to do enough to put him off as the winger's lobbed effort went harmlessly wide from just inside the penalty area. (28 words)
Example sentences (20)
A shot by Williams spun harmlessly into the air.
As the shadows lengthen, Lilia Vu has a chance to level the final match from 15 feet on 15. It drifts harmlessly left.
Gen. Mark Milley, U.S. chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, confirmed via press conference Tuesday that the first AIM-9X sidewinder missile fired by the jet missed the “balloon” and landed “harmlessly” in Lake Huron.
He does that much, but the ball won’t drop it time and sails harmlessly over.
However, McCabe advanced off his goal to do enough to put him off as the winger's lobbed effort went harmlessly wide from just inside the penalty area.
It meets the head of Nerilia Mondesir but her effort is way too high and sails harmlessly over the crossbar.
Johnson takes a shot after a confident run but it's defelcted harmlessly over the goal.
The midfielder comes infield and scuffs a low shot which runs looks as though it will run harmlessly through to the goalkeeper.
Academy City is home to espers, people who possess special powers that can range from incredibly potent to harmlessly mundane.
Candida fungi usually live harmlessly on skin and in the mouth, throat, gut and vagina.
Luckily for Earth, this asteroid was only 70cm across and burned up harmlessly in the air - but for asteroid hunter Franck Marchis, this was too close for comfort.
Mazraoui is back on the pitch, Rashford sends a cross into the Forest penalty from the right and Dalot heads harmlessly into the arms of Matz Sels.
The best chance before extra-time would land at the feet of Odhran Casey but his attempt from distance sailed harmlessly over the crossbar.
The closing shot of Michael's mask, harmlessly unworn under a beam of comforting sunlight, was about as symbolically final as these movies get.
Following the corner, a header at the far post flies harmlessly over the bar.
He got off a pretty good look to beat the buzzer before the Jayhawks could foul only to see it hit the rim and bounce straight up before falling harmlessly to the floor.
Probably for the best that James’ delivery beats everyone in the box and bounces harmlessly out for a goal kick.
This word, thrown around harmlessly millions of times a day, felt like a first kiss.
But his cross sails harmlessly out for a goal kick, with options in the middle.
He drags the ball across the face of goal, left to right, and harmlessly out for a goal kick.
Common combinations with harmlessly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- harmlessly over 5×
- harmlessly into 4×
- harmlessly in 4×
- landed harmlessly 3×
- sails harmlessly 3×
- harmlessly on 3×
- harmlessly to 3×
- harmlessly out 3×
- harmlessly wide 2×
- harmlessly through 2×