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[ moov-lis ] / ˈmuv lɪs /
adjectivelacking movement: the still night with its moveless branches. Origin of movelessFirst recorded in 1570–80; move + -less OTHER WORDS FROM movelessmove·less·ly, adverbmove·less·ness, nounWords nearby movelessmoveable, move a muscle, moved, move heaven and earth, move-in, moveless, movement, move on, move-out, mover, mover and shaker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for movelessIt was like embracing a marble statue, so moveless, so irresponsive was he. Thomas Wingfold, Curate|George MacDonald Indeed, I never saw face or figure so moveless, except in death. The Room in the Dragon Volant|J. Sheridan LeFanu Banks of moveless cloud hung about the horizon, mounded to the west, where slept the wind. The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete|George Meredith In each age, each country, we have assumed life to be necessarily what it was—a moveless fact. Our Androcentric Culture, or The Man Made World|Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Erect and moveless he sat in the growing light, his snowy, flat-crowned head thrust a little forward, consciously lord of the air. The Kindred of the Wild|Charles G. D. Roberts
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