wirelessly

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wire•less /ˈwaɪrlɪs/   adj. 

1. having no wire.

n. [countable]

2. Radio and Television, British Terms [Chiefly Brit.] a radio.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

wire•less  (wī^ər′lis), adj. 

1. having no wire.
2. Telecommunications noting or pertaining to any of various devices that are operated with or actuated by electromagnetic waves.
3. Radio and Television, British Terms [Chiefly Brit.] radio.

n. 

4. Telecommunications wireless telegraphy or telephony.
5. Telecommunications a wireless telegraph or telephone, or the like.
6. Electronics any system or device, as a cellular phone, for transmitting messages or signals by electromagnetic waves.
7. Telecommunications a wireless message.
8. Radio and Television, British Terms [Chiefly Brit.] radio.

v.t., v.i. 

9. Telecommunications to telegraph or telephone by wireless.

• wire + -less 1890–95

wire′less•ly, adv. 
wire′less•ness, n. 

wireless, +n. 

1. Electronics any system or device, as a cellular phone, for transmitting messages or signals by electromagnetic waves.