moveless

English

Etymology

move +‎ -less

Adjective

moveless (not comparable)

1. Motionless.
   • 1889, Mathilde Blind, “[Poems of the Open Air.] Reapers.”, in The Ascent of Man, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 140:

     Not a single cloud mars the flawless azure; / Not a shadow moves o'er the moveless crops; […]

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 215:

     The trooper had dipped into the scrub and now came out of it, pushing his horse along at a smart walk, and sitting as moveless in the saddle as destiny in person.

2. Immovable.

Derived terms

• movelessly
• movelessness