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mo·tion·less
 motionless
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- pronunciation:
- mo
sh
 n
lihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
without motion; unmoving.
His body was motionless, and we feared he was dead.The sea was so still that the ship was nearly motionless.- similar words:
- unmoving
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| related words: |
-less, motion |
adverb + (adj.)motionless
absolutely, completely, forever, momentarily, otherwise, perfectly, totally, utterly
(adj.)motionless
+ adverb
seemingly, silently, straight
(adj.)motionless
+ noun
air,
beat,
bed,
bench,
body,
chair,
deer,
desk,
doorway,
eye,
figure,
floor,
fog,
foot,
grass,
ground,
heap,
hour,
instant,
lap,
limb,
midair,
mile,
minute,
moment,
moonlight,
mud,
pile,
pipe,
pool,
prey,
reflection,
sand,
second,
shadow,
shark,
sheet,
shock,
silence,
sky,
sleeping,
snake,
standing,
statue,
stool,
tableau,
wheelchair
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The word motionless
contains the following part:
-less
Middle English
adjective-forming suffix
that means without
  More about this word part:
The suffix -less
attaches primarily to monosyllabic English nouns. However, -less
is a fully productive suffix, meaning it can be added to any noun to form legitimate new words.
Example words:
aimless, airless, baseless, blameless, bloodless, boneless, bodiless, bottomless, boundless, brainless, breathless, careless, cheerless, colorless, cordless, countless, dauntless, doubtless, endless, fatherless, fearless, feckless, flawless, formless, graceless, groundless, heartless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, jobless, joyless, listless, matchless, merciless, mindless, motionless, nameless, painless, peerless, penniless, pitiless, pointless, powerless, priceless, regardless, relentless, restless, selfless, sightless, soundless1, spotless, stainless, strapless, sunless, tasteless, thoughtless, tireless, useless, wireless, weightless, worthless
- synonyms:
- a-1, an-1
- antonyms:
- -ful1
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