moveless

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English

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Etymology

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From move +‎ -less.

Adjective

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moveless (not comparable)

  1. Motionless.
    • 1889, Mathilde Blind, “[Poems of the Open Air.] Reapers.”, in The Ascent of Man, London: Chatto & Windus, [], →OCLC, page 140:
      Not a single cloud mars the flawless azure; / Not a shadow moves o'er the moveless crops; []
    • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 215:
      The trooper had dipped into the scrub and now came out of it, pushing his horse along at a smart walk, and sitting as moveless in the saddle as destiny in person.
  2. Immovable.

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