motionless
English
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) motion + -less
Pronunciation
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Adjective
motionless (not comparable)
- At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.
Translations
at rest, not moving
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