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  • adverb In a motionless manner; without moving.

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  • adverb without moving; in a motionless manner

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Examples

  • The angel stood still and held the sword motionlessly in this position.

    inJesus :: Online Community :: Last posted message 2009

  • He lay motionlessly for a space and sobbed out a breaking heart.

    CHAPTER VII 2010

  • There he was at the tree, but hanging motionlessly from a limb, swinging slowly in the chilly breeze, tethered to a high limb by the long leash they used to walk their dog.

    Nancy's Brother David James 2011

  • As it occurs, overwhelmed by pain and helplessness, Patrick seems to divide himself from his own body: In his father's bedroom, he saw a gecko emerge and cling motionlessly to the corner of the wall beside the open window.

    The Sins of His Father Sam Sacks 2012

  • The rest of the day he spent inside his home, the home he had built for them, sitting motionlessly in the rocking chair as he stared out the window at the top of that hill.

    When the Spring Dies Nathaniel Tower 2011

  • I saw Alafair standing motionlessly in the bedroom window, the curtains pulled back on either side of her.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • I saw Alafair standing motionlessly in the bedroom window, the curtains pulled back on either side of her.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • I saw Alafair standing motionlessly in the bedroom window, the curtains pulled back on either side of her.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • I saw Alafair standing motionlessly in the bedroom window, the curtains pulled back on either side of her.

    The Glass Rainbow James Lee Burke 2010

  • He swallowed and sat motionlessly for a very long moment.

    Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010

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