motionless

B1
US /ˈmoʊʃənlɛs/ UK /ˈməʊʃənlɛs/
adj Freq #27411

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.

    Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows for the most part feeding unconcernedly, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.

  2. 2
    adj

    not in physical motion

Etymology

From motion + -less.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · at rest, stationary,... at restdullimpassiveinanimatelifelessmotionlesssedentsedentarystationarystillstock-stilltorpid
2 adj · not in physical motion inactive

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