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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Surely that were enough to give nerve to a letterless ploughboy, much less the only son of the bravest gentleman in the county of Essex.
From The Coming of the King by James Hocking
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
How dare you leave me letterless so long?
From The Wings of Icarus Being the Life of one Emilia Fletcher by Laurence Alma-Tadema
This letter is to make up for the three letterless days.
From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) by Albert Bigelow Paine
Also the letterless state has added itself to the deliciously simplified social state to make me taste the charming sweetness and comfort of this spot.
From The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II by Henry James
