weightless
adjective
being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
weightlessly
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a word derived from
weightless.
Example Sentences
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The stakes are high, with money and marriages on the line, but they float so weightlessly you’d be forgiven for wondering if this escapism has turned to fluff.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2022
It was technically impeccable: Their arms firmly shaped but light, and their feet carefully, weightlessly placed.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2021
Nasa accepts that mission planners had not given the crew the typical period of adjustment to acclimatise to working weightlessly in orbit and had packed their schedules with large amounts of work.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2021
If we are all Ishmael and Starbuck and Ahab, caught in our collective addiction, the whales exemplify a counterculture, a way of living weightlessly, of not draining the world that floats them.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2020
I imagined the sound of my hands punching off it, and the feel of my body lifting, spinning weightlessly through the air before surrendering to gravity, my feet finding the mat.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
