moveless

American  

[moov-lis] / ˈmuv lɪs /

adjective

1. lacking movement.

   the still night with its moveless branches.

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Other Word Forms

• movelessness
  noun
• movelessly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of moveless

First recorded in 1570–80; move + -less

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Example Sentences

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moveless

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

Harry sat silent and moveless, sharply conscious of the cold ring against his temple.

From The Long Lane's Turning by Hallie Erminie Rives

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 The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley

But for the moveless face upon the pillow beside her, she must have rushed away to hide herself in thicket or cave—perhaps in the river-bed from which she had been rescued so lately.

From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland

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