wordless
adjective
speechless, silent, or mute.
wordlessly
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a word derived from
wordless.
Example Sentences
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As their kinship deepened, the two seemed to forge a single identity, one that recognized wordlessly what worked in a song and what didn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
These aren’t lines, they sound like an actor’s notes on how to play something wordlessly.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025
Deborah recognizes that too, and Smart does an excellent job of wordlessly performing her sense of humiliation at what her past version of herself said in public and thought was funny.
From Salon ● May 24, 2024
With her terrific cinematographer Jomo Fray, shooting on location in rural Mississippi and Tennessee, director Jackson works wordlessly much of the time.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2023
Jinny thought it might help to scream, just scream, wordlessly.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
