Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no folds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having no fold.
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- adjective Without
folds .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Picture a man in a long, close-clinging tunic which descended to his feet, either of fine linen, starched and pleated, or of wool, falling foldless, enriched with embroidery and adorned with bands of gay-coloured geometric patterns; over this a wrap (one may say) of thick wool, tight round the bust and leaving the right arm uncovered, or else a more ample garment, elaborately decorated like the long tunic.
By the Ionian Sea George Gissing 1880
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Nor was it longer before her husband began to study her in order to understand her -- and that the more that he could find in her neither plan nor system, nothing but straightforward, foldless simplicity.
Far Above Rubies George MacDonald 1864
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"A dim, cold light fills the room, where the flat, grey wall is only broken by a solitary picture in black and white; a piece of foldless, creaseless, Oriental flowered crape hangs from the cornice.
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies James McNeill Whistler 1868
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