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stirless

UK/ˈstəːləs/

stirless adjective: motionless, still.

Adjective

stirless (comparative more stirless, superlative most stirless)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Motionless, still.
    • For there it lies so tranquil, so beloved, / All that it hath of Life with us is living; / So gentle, stirless, helpless, and unmoved, / And all unconscious of the joy 't is giving [...].1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, II.197
    • Like one dead she sat and waited, Listening to the stirless silence, Ages in a second, till, Lightly leaping, came her lover, And, still smiling, laid the sweet Snow-white blossom at her feet.1876, Helen Hunt Jackson, Mercy Philbrick's Choice

Forms of stirless

comparativemore stirless
superlativemost stirless

Origin of stirless

From stir + -less.

Words formed from stirless

Questions about stirless

What does stirless mean?
Stirless means motionless, still.
What part of speech is stirless?
Stirless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce stirless?
Stirless is pronounced /ˈstəːləs/ (UK).

Words near stirless in the dictionary

  1. stiriated
  2. stirious
  3. stiripentol
  4. stirk
  5. stirks
  6. stirless
  7. stirlessly
  8. stirlessness
  9. Stirling
  10. Stirling City
  11. Stirling engine

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