motionless

English

Etymology

motion + -less

Pronunciation

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈməʊʃənlɛs/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmoʊʃənlɛs/

Adjective

motionless (not comparable)

  1. 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.

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