wavelessadj.
/ˈweɪvlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈweɪvlᵻs/ Having no waves or undulation; not agitated or disturbed by waves. Also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > undulating > not
wavelessa1596
unwaving1818
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adjective] > not rough
stillOE
plainc1330
smoothc1374
demure1377
calmc1440
softa1450
glassy1535
sleek1603
eddyless1621
oily smooth1803
waveless1804
foamless1821
undimpled1821
rippleless1832
a1596 G. Peele Loue King Dauid & Fair Bethsabe (1599) sig. Bjv Thy body smoother then this wauelesse spring.
1799 T. Campbell Pleasures of Hope & Other Poems ii. 127 In the waveless mirror of his mind.
1804 J. Grahame Sabbath 212 A waveless lake, In which the wintry stars all bright appear.
1819 P. B. Shelley Lines Euganean Hills in Rosalind & Helen 73 Beneath is spread like a green sea The waveless plain of Lombardy.
1842 R. H. Barham Fragm. in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 119 Above each knightly stall, Unmoved, the banner'd blazonry hung waveless as a pall.
1872 M. Collins Two Plunges for Pearl III. 166 Lotos-islands in a waveless bay.
1887 G. W. Cable Grande Pointe v, in Cent. Mag. Mar. 668/1 Their delicately penciled brows, their dark, waveless hair.
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xii Waveless uniformity, not to say monotony, of existence.
Derivatives
ˈwavelessly adv.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > state of sea > [adverb] > not roughly
wavelessly1819
unripplingly1842
1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 136 Wavelessly the river spread Its silver mirror.
1928 Daily Express 25 Aug. 3/1 Her black hair is parted in the middle and brushed, wavelessly, to a knot at the nape of her neck.
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