sum
noun
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition.
sumless
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a word derived from
sum.
Example Sentences
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Even I am weary in yon skies to watch thy fading fire: test of all sumless agonies, behold not me expire!
From The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems by Various
Then long-forgotten things, like 'sunken wrack and sumless treasuries,' burst upon my eager sight, and I begin to feel, think, and be myself again.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt
Yet by quoting passages, like this, from his second-rate plays alone, we might make a volume 'rich with his praise', As is the oozy bottom of the sea With sunken wrack and sumless treasuries.
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by William Hazlitt
The sumless tale of sorrow Is all unrolled in vain: May comes to-morrow And Ludlow fair again.
From Last Poems by A. E. Housman by A. E. (Alfred Edward) Housman
