1
: not expressed in or accompanied by words
a wordless picture book
2
: silent, speechless
sat wordless throughout the meeting
wordlessly
adverb
wordlessness
noun
Examples of wordless in a Sentence
he stood wordless before his accusers
a wordless fondness for each other
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Her time in the leaf makes up a short but highly potent part of the novel: Mira and her father enter into a wordless conversation on life, death, grief, and art, until Mira must be coaxed out of the leaf and back into the human world.
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Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
Back to battle once again for their lives and a giant cash prize, the wordless preview sees contestants facing a series of high-stakes situations, involving guns, fists and an ominous giant gumball machine.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Nonetheless, the film does have atmosphere, thanks to Simon Plunket’s widescreen cinematography achieving an effect that’s handsome but not prettified, a pervasive bluish lighting cast conveying an uphill-struggle melancholy in wordless terms.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
What fun this wordless picture book will be for the little ones.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
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Bekah Waalkes, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
Back to battle once again for their lives and a giant cash prize, the wordless preview sees contestants facing a series of high-stakes situations, involving guns, fists and an ominous giant gumball machine.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Nonetheless, the film does have atmosphere, thanks to Simon Plunket’s widescreen cinematography achieving an effect that’s handsome but not prettified, a pervasive bluish lighting cast conveying an uphill-struggle melancholy in wordless terms.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 29 Apr. 2025
What fun this wordless picture book will be for the little ones.
—Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 27 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wordless
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“Wordless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordless. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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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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