movelesslyadv.
/ˈmuːvləsli/, U.S. /ˈmuvləsli/ Chiefly poetic. Now rare.
Motionlessly.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb]
movelessly1813
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab vii. 98 Yet peacefully and movelessly it [sc. an oak] braves The midnight conflict of the wintry storm.
1814 R. L. Sheil Adelaide i. i. 3 An eye now sadly bent upon the earth, Now movelessly contemplative of heaven.
1875 R. H. Horne Poems 140 Movelessly we lean, United with the scene.
1935 E. Bowen House in Paris ii. xii. 236 Naomi..looked movelessly for a minute at the knees of [her] black skirt.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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