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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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Adama nodded in a wordless acknowledgment of the wings’ significance.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
The first few minutes of the film are a breathless, almost wordless introduction to the Otherlands, with Scarlet trapped under rotting hands clamoring to keep her there.
—Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Color schemes weave a wordless Bildungsroman, contrasting youthful pinks and purples with more mature hues of blue, gold and gray to fit the duality of the freshman spirit.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Wordless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wordless. Accessed 20 Sep. 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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