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adjective

nerveless adj.

Destitute of nerves.

Destitute of strength or of courage; wanting vigor; weak; powerless. "A kingless people for a nerveless state." "Awaking, all nerveless, from an ugly dream."

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Etymology of 'Nerveless'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nerveless" Quotes from Famous Books

... her hand imprisoned—that fragrant, listless little hand, so lifeless, nerveless, unresponsive—as though it were no longer a part of her and she ...

— The Firing Line • Robert W. Chambers

... nerveless strings— The sinews of brave old airs Are pulseless now; and the scarf that clings So closely here declares A sad regret in its ravelings And ...

— The Complete Works • James Whitcomb Riley

... entr'acte, though the restless guests moved about, Hermia sat rooted to her chair, fascinated with horror. Her body seemed nerveless and she feared that if she rose her limbs would not support her, or, if they did support her, she must fly like a mad thing from the house. And so she sat, a fixed smile frozen on her lips, greeting those who approached her. Beatrice Coddington left her ...

— Madcap • George Gibbs

... sentiment partly explains why the type of beauty adored is neither womanly nor manly, but adolescent. It has to be tender, fragile, solicitous, unripe; appealing to sensibility, not to passion, by feminine charms in nerveless and soulless boyhood. The most distinctive mark of Adonis is that he has no character, no will, no intellect. He is all sentiment, ...

— Renaissance in Italy, Volumes 1 and 2 - The Catholic Reaction • John Addington Symonds

... was time to say good-bye once more, her limbs grew weak and she leaned heavily on husband and son, her nerveless feet dragging ...

— Ailsa Paige • Robert W. Chambers

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