Stirless
[stә:lis]
Definition
(a.) Without stirring; very quiet; motionless.
Editor: Miles
Examples
- Voiceless and viewless, stirless and wordless, he kept his station behind the pile of flowers. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Often, after an active morning, she would spend a sunny afternoon in lying stirless on the turf, at the foot of some tree of friendly umbrage. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Emanuel might have passed within reach of my arm: had he passed silent and unnoticing, silent and stirless should I have suffered him to go by. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Miles