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Definition of wordless in English: wordlessadjective ˈwəːdləsˈwərdləs 1Not speaking or involving speech. a sort of wordless communication had developed the wordless language of the heart Example sentencesExamples - Wordless cartoon balloons float in dumb surprise above.
- There is a wordless conversation among these shows.
- A long, wordless tracking shot follows a man on a winter jog in Central Park.
- Slowly his voice is joined by the sound of a stone xylophone and a wordless choir.
- This wordless tragedy informs every moment of what we are shown from then on.
2(of a play, book, or other work) without words or speech. a largely wordless, engaging performance Example sentencesExamples - The singer then enters in the "correct" mode and finishes the song with a rapturous, wordless counter-melody.
- At various points, the baritone joins the soprano for his own wordless riffs, perhaps representing the observer at one with nature.
- Dark, muffled organ sets the stage for a plaintive piano line, which is echoed by wordless singing.
- Check out his nearly wordless performance in Happy End, or in Im Kwon-taek's Chihwaseon - both intense roles, both played to sheer perfection.
- Johnny Weissmuller makes a brief and wordless cameo as himself, when he picks the duo up in his convertible.
- 2.1 (of a vocal sound) not in the form of words.
he gave a wordless cry of joy Example sentencesExamples - The song ends with the drummer alone on the stage pounding out the final measures as the crowd chants a wordless South African mantra.
- The disc closes with "Praise Be to the Man," a twelve-minute opus with more sitars, a lumbering bass line, and amorphous wordless shouts in the background.
- No recondite phrase or pleasing neologism, it is a wordless summons like that made by the infant in distress.
- Over a wavery organ loop that gently builds then fades away amid a wash of echoes, a singer slowly groans out a wordless lament.
- The former is the group's raison d' etre - its wordless doo-wop chorus gently fluttering underneath the plaintive expression of individual empowerment that had been Sly's credo up to that point.
Derivativesadverbˈwəːdləsliˈwərdləsli Without the use of words or speech. they find a way to communicate wordlessly Example sentencesExamples - the waitress wordlessly handed us two menus
- Wordlessly, he held out an arm, giving a silent offer to carry the child to the mother.
- More than a little stunned by the harshness of his tone, she stepped back wordlessly to allow them entry to her home.
- She tossed the bottle of aspirin to him wordlessly.
nounˈwəːdləsnəsˈwərdləsnəs Silence is allied to wordlessness; wordlessness is allied to music. Example sentencesExamples - Is it that wordlessness that prompts you to work in film for certain projects rather than in theatre?
- The wordlessness of the film clips has an extraordinary, incalculable effect.
- Wordlessness, it appears, is not a usual state for characters in his plays.
- One can never really write about suffering; and death, by definition, takes us into the realm of wordlessness.
Definition of wordless in US English: wordlessadjectiveˈwərdləsˈwərdləs 1Not speaking or involving speech. a sort of wordless communication had developed the wordless language of the heart Example sentencesExamples - There is a wordless conversation among these shows.
- A long, wordless tracking shot follows a man on a winter jog in Central Park.
- This wordless tragedy informs every moment of what we are shown from then on.
- Slowly his voice is joined by the sound of a stone xylophone and a wordless choir.
- Wordless cartoon balloons float in dumb surprise above.
2(of a play, book, or other work) without words or speech. a largely wordless, engaging performance Example sentencesExamples - Check out his nearly wordless performance in Happy End, or in Im Kwon-taek's Chihwaseon - both intense roles, both played to sheer perfection.
- Johnny Weissmuller makes a brief and wordless cameo as himself, when he picks the duo up in his convertible.
- Dark, muffled organ sets the stage for a plaintive piano line, which is echoed by wordless singing.
- At various points, the baritone joins the soprano for his own wordless riffs, perhaps representing the observer at one with nature.
- The singer then enters in the "correct" mode and finishes the song with a rapturous, wordless counter-melody.
- 2.1 (of a vocal sound) not in the form of words.
he gave a wordless cry of joy Example sentencesExamples - Over a wavery organ loop that gently builds then fades away amid a wash of echoes, a singer slowly groans out a wordless lament.
- No recondite phrase or pleasing neologism, it is a wordless summons like that made by the infant in distress.
- The disc closes with "Praise Be to the Man," a twelve-minute opus with more sitars, a lumbering bass line, and amorphous wordless shouts in the background.
- The song ends with the drummer alone on the stage pounding out the final measures as the crowd chants a wordless South African mantra.
- The former is the group's raison d' etre - its wordless doo-wop chorus gently fluttering underneath the plaintive expression of individual empowerment that had been Sly's credo up to that point.
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