windless

[ wind-lis ]
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adjective
  1. without wind; calm: a windless summer afternoon.

  2. out of breath.

Origin of windless

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at wind1, -less

Other words from windless

  • wind·less·ly, adverb
  • wind·less·ness, noun

Words Nearby windless

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How to use windless in a sentence

  • So windless was the air that the smoke remained like some solemn upraised finger pointing from earth to heaven.

    The Romance of His Life | Mary Cholmondeley
  • Doubled up by a swinging blow from a bag stood the leader of the Moderns, grunting and gasping in his windless agony.

    Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton Mackenzie