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wordless
[ wurd-lis ]
adjective
- speechless, silent, or mute.
- not put into words; unexpressed.
ˈwordless
/ ˈwɜːdlɪs /
adjective
- inarticulate or silent
- music of or relating to vocal music that is not provided with an articulated text
a wordless chorus
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Derived Forms
- ˈwordlessly, adverb
- ˈwordlessness, noun
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Other Words From
- wordless·ly adverb
- wordless·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
After six days of almost unbelievable emotional swings, I am left with a deep, wordless sadness.
In the movie’s gorgeously shot, wordless opening, a teenage girl escorts her little brother to school by pulling him along on a rough wooden board fitted with wheels.
His Underground Railroad lingers on individual images, incorporating wordless, lyrical passages that reveal characters’ interior landscapes.
The law firm claimed that the user posted the wordless one-star review to their Google My Business listing with the intent to cause damage to their reputation or profession and to dissuade potential clients from doing business with them.
“We conclude that, as a matter of law, a one-star wordless review posted on Google Review is an expression of opinion protected by the First Amendment,” the Michigan court stated.
The image is so familiar as to leave an art reviewer wordless.
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.
The verbose Marmot, wordless; the listless Slaughter, dominant.
Hitherto they had been voiceless, wordless, needing all their breath for their hard-labouring efforts to break down the gates.
The ice around Xenie's frozen heart melted at that wordless prayer.
He was, said Larry, grim and he rarely spoke; but a close, wordless friendship had developed between them.
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