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 world now knew the wordless Cold War enemies of espionage, the Black Spy and the White Spy, two interchangeable spooks hellbent on destroying one another.
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With very spare amounts of dialogue at her disposal, Gariepy gives a master class in wordless performance, expertly utilizing her eyes and facial expressions to give the audience a look inside Kelly-Anne’s mind.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
Noah, prompted by Eli to recall his mysterious past, enters a wordless state of terror; Eli, increasingly agitated, demands a nonverbal grade schooler tell him what’s going on.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
The world now knew the wordless Cold War enemies of espionage, the Black Spy and the White Spy, two interchangeable spooks hellbent on destroying one another.
—Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
With very spare amounts of dialogue at her disposal, Gariepy gives a master class in wordless performance, expertly utilizing her eyes and facial expressions to give the audience a look inside Kelly-Anne’s mind.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Wordless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordless. Accessed 16 Nov. 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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