letter
noun
a written or printed communication addressed to a person or organization and usually transmitted by mail.
letterless
-
a word derived from
letter.
Example Sentences
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The son of a small tobacconist, he had grown up a sign-painter's apprentice; idle, lawless, and practically letterless until he had drifted into the night classes of the Albert League, where Ghillini sometimes lectured.
From The Troll Garden and Selected Stories by Willa Sibert Cather
In another hundred-and-fifty yards they ran into their hare, who, paperless and letterless, had taken refuge behind a tree and was ignominiously hauled out.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 7, 1914 by Various
If three days go by without a letter she telegraphs to know if the asylum has burned; whereas, if you—nice man—go letterless, you simply send us a present to remind us of your existence.
From Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
How dare you leave me letterless so long?
From The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher by Laurence Alma-Tadema
As was to be expected, after nearly three almost letterless years, I found rare delight in replying to my reawakened correspondents.
From A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography by Clifford Whittingham Beers
