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adjective
Date: 15th century
1. not expressed in or accompanied by words <a wordless picture book> 2. silent, speechless <sat wordless throughout the meeting> • wordlessly adverb • wordlessness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
wordless
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