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aidless

aidless adjective: without aid.

Adjective

aidless (comparative more aidless, superlative most aidless)

  1. Without aid.
    • I found the place
      Where that dam’d wisard hid in slie-disguise
      (For so by certain signs I knew) had met
      Alreadie, ere my best speed could praevent
      The aidlesse innocent Ladie his wish’t prey,1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 20
    • It is not meet, Sir King, to leave thee thus, / Aidless, alone, and smitten through the helm.1842, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Morte d’Arthur”, in Poems, volume 2, London: Moxon, page 6
  2. Without mechanical assistance.
    • Aidless navigation has the advantage of not requiring equipment, but is much less accurate.

Forms of aidless

comparativemore aidless
superlativemost aidless

Origin of aidless

From aid + -less.

Questions about aidless

What does aidless mean?
Aidless means without aid.
What part of speech is aidless?
Aidless is an adjective.

Words near aidless in the dictionary

  1. aidids
  2. aiding
  3. aiding and abetting
  4. aidings
  5. Aidis
  6. aidless
  7. aidman
  8. aidmen
  9. aidoiomania
  10. aidoru
  11. aidos

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