gift
noun
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
giftless
-
a word derived from
gift.
Example Sentences
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But as the people gather together, giftless, they join hands and sing while the narrator tells viewers, “Christmas came anyway.”
From Salon ● Dec. 7, 2019
To stockholders the reorganization is one of the nicest gifts of an almost giftless year.
From Time Magazine Archive
I will not seek nor sue her, For I'm neither fonder nor truer Than when she slighted my lovelorn youth, My giftless, graceless, guinealess truth, And I only lived to rue her.
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Bliss Carman
So fared they, giftless ever, and no help of fortune sought.
From The Pilgrims of Hope by William Morris
How shall ye faint and fade with giftless hands Who once held fast the life of all the lands?
From Poems By The Way & Love Is Enough by William Morris
