wordless

[ wurd-lis ]
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adjective
  1. speechless, silent, or mute.

  2. not put into words; unexpressed.

Origin of wordless

1
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at word, -less

Other words from wordless

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

Words Nearby wordless

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How to use wordless in a sentence

  • The image is so familiar as to leave an art reviewer wordless.

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  • This creative experiment in virtually wordless filmmaking, which we ended up calling Day One, freed us in so many ways.

  • The Caldecott-honored Red Book by Barbara Lehman has been described as “a wordless mind trip for tots.”

  • Behind the commonplace sentences, the hidden wordless Play also drew on towards its Curtain.

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  • The verbose Marmot, wordless; the listless Slaughter, dominant.

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  • Hitherto they had been voiceless, wordless, needing all their breath for their hard-labouring efforts to break down the gates.

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  • The ice around Xenie's frozen heart melted at that wordless prayer.

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  • He was, said Larry, grim and he rarely spoke; but a close, wordless friendship had developed between them.

British Dictionary definitions for wordless

wordless

/ (ˈwɜːdlɪs) /


adjective
  1. inarticulate or silent

  2. music of or relating to vocal music that is not provided with an articulated text: a wordless chorus

Derived forms of wordless

  • wordlessly, adverb
  • wordlessness, noun

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