moveless

American  

[moov-lis] / ˈmuv lɪs /

adjective

1. lacking movement.

   the still night with its moveless branches.

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Other Word Forms

• movelessly adverb
• movelessness noun

Etymology

Origin of moveless

First recorded in 1570–80; move + -less

Example Sentences

A square of water, as blue as a banner, a liquid panel like a window into star-space, it dreams, moveless, in the white tile floor.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fire had burned down long since and there was no light but those strips and slants of dimness creeping across the circle, sketching out a face, a hand, a moveless back.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Startled, the Will stood moveless in the obscurity.

From The Divine Adventure Volume IV by Macleod, Fiona

The army of worshipers was reduced, in comparison to the space they entered, to a mere handful of pygmy, indistinct shapes, prostrate, kneeling, upright, silent, infinitesimal, moveless.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

She cowered, moveless, nose to floor, awaiting her doom.

From Lad: A Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson