nerveless
without nervousness, as in emergencies; calm; collected.
lacking strength or vigor; feeble; weak.
lacking firmness or courage; spiritless; cowardly.
Anatomy, Botany. having no nerves.
Origin of nerveless
1Other words from nerveless
- nerve·less·ly, adverb
- nerve·less·ness, noun
Words Nearby nerveless
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How to use nerveless in a sentence
The energetic, the daring, the high-spirited go, leaving the residue more abject and nerveless than ever.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyIsabel longed for the time when she should enter them and pick up the threads dropped from her mother's nerveless fingers.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonFor twenty minutes his hand never falters, then the charcoal drops from his nerveless fingers!
Uncanny Tales | VariousSuddenly the audience was startled by the snapping of a string; the violin and bow dropped from the nerveless hands of the player.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaThe knob under Genevieve's nerveless fingers clicked sharply, and Miss Hart raised her head with a start.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
British Dictionary definitions for nerveless
/ (ˈnɜːvlɪs) /
calm and collected
listless or feeble
Derived forms of nerveless
- nervelessly, adverb
- nervelessness, noun
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