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wordless /ˈwəːdləs /adjective1Not speaking or involving speech: a sort of wordless communication had developed the wordless language of the heart...- A long, wordless tracking shot follows a man on a winter jog in Central Park.
- This wordless tragedy informs every moment of what we are shown from then on.
- Slowly his voice is joined by the sound of a stone xylophone and a wordless choir.
2(Of a play, book, or other work) without words or speech: a largely wordless, engaging performance a simple wordless melody...- Dark, muffled organ sets the stage for a plaintive piano line, which is echoed by wordless singing.
- At various points, the baritone joins the soprano for his own wordless riffs, perhaps representing the observer at one with nature.
- Check out his nearly wordless performance in Happy End, or in Im Kwon-taek's Chihwaseon - both intense roles, both played to sheer perfection.
2.1(Of a vocal sound) not in the form of words: he gave a wordless cry of joy...- The song ends with the drummer alone on the stage pounding out the final measures as the crowd chants a wordless South African mantra.
- No recondite phrase or pleasing neologism, it is a wordless summons like that made by the infant in distress.
- Over a wavery organ loop that gently builds then fades away amid a wash of echoes, a singer slowly groans out a wordless lament.
Derivativeswordlessly /ˈwəːdləsli / adverb ...- She tossed the bottle of aspirin to him wordlessly.
- More than a little stunned by the harshness of his tone, she stepped back wordlessly to allow them entry to her home.
- Wordlessly, he held out an arm, giving a silent offer to carry the child to the mother.
wordlessness /ˈwəːdləsnəs/ noun ...- The wordlessness of the film clips has an extraordinary, incalculable effect.
- Silence is allied to wordlessness; wordlessness is allied to music.
- One can never really write about suffering; and death, by definition, takes us into the realm of wordlessness.
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