airless

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  1. adjective Having no air.
  2. adjective Lacking fresh air; stuffy.
  3. adjective Lacking movement of air; still.

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  • Despite its position, it seemed strangely airless, and the rents in the masonry through which the sea gleamed so dangerously far below were welcome. —  The Tiger In The Smoke - Allingham, Margery - Albert Campion 15
  • As he stepped into the airless, aromatic atmosphere he saw the square skylight, a patch of yellowish grey in the dark roof. —  Tether's End (Hide My Eyes) - Margery Allingham - Campion 17: 1958
  • The advocates for skylife did not just want to build castles in the airless, but on the firmest of economic foundations t the great wealth of our sunspace. —  F ;SF - vol 098 issue 04 - April 2000
  • As I stepped into the room, the utter quiet assaulted me, a thick, suffocating quality like the airless confines of a huge bank vault, the same sense of unimaginable riches contained within reach. —  Death on the River Walk
  • Tiny, airless, mountainless—the most monotonous piece of matter we've landed on in years Hugh shrugged and turned to the next chart. —  IF September, 1952
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lightless ·  windowless ·  dank ·  arid ·  weightless ·  cheerless ·  stuffy ·  claustrophobic ·  featureless ·  lifeless ·  steamy ·  trackless
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