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

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

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

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

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

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

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