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keyless

keyless adjective: lacking or not requiring a key.

Adjective

keyless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking or not requiring a key.
    • Today’s keyless models use a fob — the small remote control device that most modern cars use to lock and unlock doors — but it performs the additional duty of sending a signal to the ignition.2007 April 14, Micheline Maynard, “Car Keys Could Go the Way of Tail Fins”, in New York Times

Origin of keyless

From key + -less.

Words formed from keyless

Phrases with keyless

Questions about keyless

What does keyless mean?
Keyless means lacking or not requiring a key.
What part of speech is keyless?
Keyless is an adjective.

Words near keyless in the dictionary

  1. keyite
  2. keykeeper
  3. keykeepers
  4. Keyla
  5. Keylakunu
  6. keyless
  7. keylessness
  8. keylet
  9. keylets
  10. keylight
  11. keylights

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