keyless

[ kee-lis ]

adjective
  1. lacking a key or keys.

  2. requiring no key or keys: a keyless lock operated by a series of push buttons.

Origin of keyless

1
First recorded in 1815–25; key1 + -less

Words Nearby keyless

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How to use keyless in a sentence

  • What were then the alternatives before the, premeditatedly (respectively) and inadvertently, keyless couple?

    Ulysses | James Joyce
  • To the Tauk e Kerra,—standing in a dreary waste, lifting its vast, keyless arch helplessly to heaven?

    Vashti | Augusta J. Evans Wilson
  • Stem-winder somehow has more life in it, more fancy and vividness, than the literal keyless-watch.

    The American Language | Henry L. Mencken
  • A story which in the beginning is very like "The keyless Chest."

  • Also "keylesswatch" to "keyless-watch" to agree with its page references.

    The American Language | Henry L. Mencken