wirelesslyadv.
/ˈwʌɪələsli/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)rləsli/ Without the use of wires; spec. by means of radio waves.
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society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > [adverb]
wirelessly1898
1898 Electr. Rev. 17 June 834/2 The first news of the resolution..was conveyed wirelessly to St. Thomas's Hospital.
1922 Daily Mail 17 Nov. 8 The French are experimenting with an extraordinarily ingenious device for governing the ascent of a wirelessly controlled air-bomb.
1981 Economist 30 May 71/1 Teletext resembles videotex, but information is transmitted wirelessly by broadcasting, rather than by telephone or cable.
1998 Pop. Sci. Aug. 35/1 Bluetooth uses short-range radio frequency transmitters to wirelessly zap information between portable devices such as laptop computers.
2007 Wall St. Jrnl. 6 June b4/1 Another camp is aiming at smaller devices, which can fit in a suit-jacket pocket but wirelessly surf the Web better than today's cellphones.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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