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moveless

[ moov-lis ]

adjective

  1. lacking movement:

    the still night with its moveless branches.



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Other Words From

  • moveless·ly adverb
  • moveless·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of moveless1

First recorded in 1570–80; move + -less
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Example Sentences

Then on level, all but moveless wing, he sailed away toward the horizon.

But Mrs. Gammit in the vivid moonlight saw a fine cloud of pepper sinking downwards slowly on the moveless air.

Alice stood misty eyed and moveless, till the steamer passed from sight.

For nearly an hour he waited, moveless, save for his ranging eyes, as the rock on which he leaned.

He went to sleep between fallen moveless pillars of a ruin older than any world that history knows.

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