1
: not expressed in or accompanied by words
a wordless picture book
2
: silent, speechless
sat wordless throughout the meeting
wordlessly
adverb
wordlessness
noun
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Examples of wordless in a Sentence
he stood wordless before his accusers
a wordless fondness for each other
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The wordless Season 2 teaser trailer shows Kate and Hal arm in arm at some kind of fancy event, clearly them against the world now that Kate knows that the shocking terror attack came from inside the British government at the highest levels.
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Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
Her speech often trailed into wordless sputters, her mouth silently gaping like an unlucky fairground goldfish.
—Christina Newland, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
The largely wordless storytelling, of course, puts a limit on mature themes.
—Adam Bumas, WIRED, 10 June 2024
The season’s first episode, an extended, mostly wordless interlude of flashbacks and intrusive thoughts afflicting Carmy in the weeks after his restaurant opens, manages to be strikingly ambitious while also comprehensible.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
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Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
Her speech often trailed into wordless sputters, her mouth silently gaping like an unlucky fairground goldfish.
—Christina Newland, The Atlantic, 21 Aug. 2024
The largely wordless storytelling, of course, puts a limit on mature themes.
—Adam Bumas, WIRED, 10 June 2024
The season’s first episode, an extended, mostly wordless interlude of flashbacks and intrusive thoughts afflicting Carmy in the weeks after his restaurant opens, manages to be strikingly ambitious while also comprehensible.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
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“Wordless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordless. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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wordless
adjective
word·less
ˈwərd-ləs 
1
: not expressed in or having words
a wordless picture book
2
: silent sense 1, speechless
sat wordless throughout the meeting
wordlessly
adverb
wordlessness
noun
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