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Definition: DROSSLESS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Free from dross.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb drosslessly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(drosslessly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective drossless.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Drossless" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: DROSSLESS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Free from dross.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb drosslessly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(drosslessly)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective drossless.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "DROSSLESS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)