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Definition of wordless in English: wordlessadjective ˈwəːdləsˈwərdləs 1Not speaking or involving speech. a sort of wordless communication had developed the wordless language of the heart Example sentencesExamples - Wordless cartoon balloons float in dumb surprise above.
- There is a wordless conversation among these shows.
- A long, wordless tracking shot follows a man on a winter jog in Central Park.
- Slowly his voice is joined by the sound of a stone xylophone and a wordless choir.
- This wordless tragedy informs every moment of what we are shown from then on.
2(of a play, book, or other work) without words or speech. a largely wordless, engaging performance Example sentencesExamples - The singer then enters in the "correct" mode and finishes the song with a rapturous, wordless counter-melody.
- At various points, the baritone joins the soprano for his own wordless riffs, perhaps representing the observer at one with nature.
- Dark, muffled organ sets the stage for a plaintive piano line, which is echoed by wordless singing.
- Check out his nearly wordless performance in Happy End, or in Im Kwon-taek's Chihwaseon - both intense roles, both played to sheer perfection.
- Johnny Weissmuller makes a brief and wordless cameo as himself, when he picks the duo up in his convertible.
- 2.1 (of a vocal sound) not in the form of words.
he gave a wordless cry of joy Example sentencesExamples - The song ends with the drummer alone on the stage pounding out the final measures as the crowd chants a wordless South African mantra.
- The disc closes with "Praise Be to the Man," a twelve-minute opus with more sitars, a lumbering bass line, and amorphous wordless shouts in the background.
- No recondite phrase or pleasing neologism, it is a wordless summons like that made by the infant in distress.
- Over a wavery organ loop that gently builds then fades away amid a wash of echoes, a singer slowly groans out a wordless lament.
- The former is the group's raison d' etre - its wordless doo-wop chorus gently fluttering underneath the plaintive expression of individual empowerment that had been Sly's credo up to that point.
Derivatives adverbˈwəːdləsliˈwərdləsli Without the use of words or speech. they find a way to communicate wordlessly Example sentencesExamples - the waitress wordlessly handed us two menus
- Wordlessly, he held out an arm, giving a silent offer to carry the child to the mother.
- More than a little stunned by the harshness of his tone, she stepped back wordlessly to allow them entry to her home.
- She tossed the bottle of aspirin to him wordlessly.
nounˈwəːdləsnəsˈwərdləsnəs Silence is allied to wordlessness; wordlessness is allied to music. Example sentencesExamples - Is it that wordlessness that prompts you to work in film for certain projects rather than in theatre?
- The wordlessness of the film clips has an extraordinary, incalculable effect.
- Wordlessness, it appears, is not a usual state for characters in his plays.
- One can never really write about suffering; and death, by definition, takes us into the realm of wordlessness.
Definition of wordless in US English: wordlessadjectiveˈwərdləsˈwərdləs 1Not speaking or involving speech. a sort of wordless communication had developed the wordless language of the heart Example sentencesExamples - There is a wordless conversation among these shows.
- A long, wordless tracking shot follows a man on a winter jog in Central Park.
- This wordless tragedy informs every moment of what we are shown from then on.
- Slowly his voice is joined by the sound of a stone xylophone and a wordless choir.
- Wordless cartoon balloons float in dumb surprise above.
2(of a play, book, or other work) without words or speech. a largely wordless, engaging performance Example sentencesExamples - Check out his nearly wordless performance in Happy End, or in Im Kwon-taek's Chihwaseon - both intense roles, both played to sheer perfection.
- Johnny Weissmuller makes a brief and wordless cameo as himself, when he picks the duo up in his convertible.
- Dark, muffled organ sets the stage for a plaintive piano line, which is echoed by wordless singing.
- At various points, the baritone joins the soprano for his own wordless riffs, perhaps representing the observer at one with nature.
- The singer then enters in the "correct" mode and finishes the song with a rapturous, wordless counter-melody.
- 2.1 (of a vocal sound) not in the form of words.
he gave a wordless cry of joy Example sentencesExamples - Over a wavery organ loop that gently builds then fades away amid a wash of echoes, a singer slowly groans out a wordless lament.
- No recondite phrase or pleasing neologism, it is a wordless summons like that made by the infant in distress.
- The disc closes with "Praise Be to the Man," a twelve-minute opus with more sitars, a lumbering bass line, and amorphous wordless shouts in the background.
- The song ends with the drummer alone on the stage pounding out the final measures as the crowd chants a wordless South African mantra.
- The former is the group's raison d' etre - its wordless doo-wop chorus gently fluttering underneath the plaintive expression of individual empowerment that had been Sly's credo up to that point.
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