motionlessadj.

1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) iv. sig. H4 All sad ostents of that too neere successe; That made such mouing beauties motionlesse.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. ii. 50 And in their pale dull mouthes the Iymold Bitt Lyes foule with chaw'd-grasse, still and motionlesse.

1637 J. Milton Comus 28 The Ladie that sits here In stonie fetters fixt, and motionlesse.

1702 Eng. Theophrastus 15 The Limbs of some Indian Penitents, become altogether crampt and motionless for want of use.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 17 All the live-long-night, Rigid in Thought, and motionless he stands.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. III. 106 The tongue [of fish] is in general motionless, obtuse and fleshy.

1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxxi. 362 Etiquette requiring them to remain motionless at the board.

1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) ix. 151 One of his wood-lice, however, stayed motionless where he put it.

1956 A. J. Cronin Crusader's Tomb 202 He flung down the paper. Claire, sitting motionless, with a strained expression, had to curb an immediate and almost irresistible impulse to pick it up.

1998 Mod. Maturity Sept.–Oct. 76 Keep the lower half of your body motionless throughout.