motionlesslyadv.
/ˈməʊʃnləsli/, U.S. /ˈmoʊʃənləsli/ Without motion; in a motionless manner.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > without moving
to stand stillc1000
stone-still?c1225
statuelike1640
unmovingly1733
stirlessly1825
statically1841
motionlessly1847
1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 125 Silent; but when she saw me lying stark, Dishelm'd and mute, and motionlessly pale, Cold ev'n to her, she sigh'd.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxxii. 600 Fedallah was motionlessly leaning over the same rail.
1887 W. James in Pop. Sci. Monthly June 170 It is the very same instinct which leads a boy playing ‘I spy’ to hold his very breath when the seeker is near, and which makes the beast of prey..motionlessly lie in wait for his victim.
1942 National Geographic Mag. June 730/2 It was a four-and-a-half-foot barracuda, motionlessly regarding us from about 15 feet away. I could see his lower jaw hang down, showing the white razor-sharp teeth.
1994 N. Baker Fermata vii. 111 Her hair was motionlessly wind-fluffed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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