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Vinony

motionless

adjective

  1. not moving, still, having no motion/movement
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Pronunciation: /ˈməʊʃənlɛs/ / /ˈmoʊʃənlɛs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English motion Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English motionless From motion + -less.

  1. At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.

    “Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows for the most part feeding unconcernedly, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.”

    “Nothing could be more businesslike 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.”