moveless

[ moov-lis ]

adjective

1. lacking movement:

   the still night with its moveless branches.

Other Words From

• moveless·ly adverb
• moveless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of moveless¹

First recorded in 1570–80; move + -less

Example Sentences

“You said once that a moment in time was a contradiction since there could be no moveless thing. That time could not be constricted into a brevity that contradicts its own definition,” Long John tells Bobby.

From Los Angeles Times

Andrew himself has recorded the poem St Paul’s, about how the troubled poet is soothed by a sight of the great cathedral in the snow, “high above this winding length of street, / This moveless and unpeopled avenue, / Pure, silent, solemn, beautiful”.

From The Guardian

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 Literature

Fixed and precise in his attitude, and moveless in his person, he poured forth his thoughts and views with a rapidity, yet distinctness, that startled one.

From Project Gutenberg

My notion was nothing pathetic of the pale boys and lank girls about, for they seemed merely stirring or moveless parts of the mechanism.

From Project Gutenberg