1
: not expressed in or accompanied by words
a wordless picture book
2
: silent, speechless
sat wordless throughout the meeting
wordlessly
adverb
wordlessness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of wordless in a Sentence
he stood wordless before his accusers
a wordless fondness for each other
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The world now knew the wordless Cold War enemies of espionage, the Black Spy and the White Spy, two interchangeable spooks hellbent on destroying one another.
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Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
With very spare amounts of dialogue at her disposal, Gariepy gives a master class in wordless performance, expertly utilizing her eyes and facial expressions to give the audience a look inside Kelly-Anne’s mind.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
By Sophie Gilbert First came a 40-minute, mostly wordless episode of television that seemed designed to replicate a character’s traumatized, fracturing psyche.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
The wordless Season 2 teaser trailer shows Kate and Hal arm in arm at some kind of fancy event, clearly them against the world now that Kate knows that the shocking terror attack came from inside the British government at the highest levels.
—Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
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Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
With very spare amounts of dialogue at her disposal, Gariepy gives a master class in wordless performance, expertly utilizing her eyes and facial expressions to give the audience a look inside Kelly-Anne’s mind.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
By Sophie Gilbert First came a 40-minute, mostly wordless episode of television that seemed designed to replicate a character’s traumatized, fracturing psyche.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 26 July 2024
The wordless Season 2 teaser trailer shows Kate and Hal arm in arm at some kind of fancy event, clearly them against the world now that Kate knows that the shocking terror attack came from inside the British government at the highest levels.
—Erin Strecker, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Wordless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordless. Accessed 15 Oct. 2024.
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wordless
adjective
word·less
ˈwərd-ləs 
1
: not expressed in or having words
a wordless picture book
2
: silent sense 1, speechless
sat wordless throughout the meeting
wordlessly
adverb
wordlessness
noun
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