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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While future films would be tighter and more purposeful, none would make room for a beautiful detour like Dignan and Anthony holed up at a motel, where Anthony nurses a wordless bond with a Spanish-speaking maid.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2025
One afternoon before his terminal diagnosis, the adult Chuck takes a stroll and spontaneously dazzles a crowd with a dance number done in wordless alliance with two strangers, a lovelorn book clerk (Annalise Basso) and a street drummer (Taylor Gordon).
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
The cowboy, that paragon of rugged individualism, stands for stoicism and a wordless sweaty brotherhood.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
The girl’s hope that she might not be harmed, her wordless appeal to him, was answered, showing the depth of the expectation of goodness and the naturalness of the response.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 June 2025
One afternoon before his terminal diagnosis, the adult Chuck takes a stroll and spontaneously dazzles a crowd with a dance number done in wordless alliance with two strangers, a lovelorn book clerk (Annalise Basso) and a street drummer (Taylor Gordon).
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
The cowboy, that paragon of rugged individualism, stands for stoicism and a wordless sweaty brotherhood.
—Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 June 2025
The girl’s hope that she might not be harmed, her wordless appeal to him, was answered, showing the depth of the expectation of goodness and the naturalness of the response.
—Sarah Beckwith, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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“Wordless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordless. Accessed 16 Jul. 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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