单词 | wordlessly |
释义 | > as lemmasˈwordlessly ˈwordlessly adv. ΘΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adverb] in silencea1382 without language?c1450 sub silentio1563 monkishly1595 wordlessly1840 pauciloquently1844 speechlessly1847 taciturnly1847 reticently1859 incommunicativelya1862 1840 B. E. Hill Pinch—of Snuff 98 She took a pinch, wordlessly bidding me to do the same. 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians xiii. 178 We were left..wordlessly grateful. 2005 Time Out 7 Dec. 147/2 (advt.) The play offers no answers, but its final scene, in which Peter wordlessly bed-bathes Rachel, is tender and strangely cathartic. < as lemmas |
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