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nerveless

Syllabification: (nerve·less)
Pronunciation: /ˈnərvlis/
Definition of nerveless

adjective

  • 1inert; lacking vigor or feeling:the knife dropped from Grant’s nerveless fingers
  • (of literary or artistic style) diffuse or insipid:Wilde and his art are described as “nerveless and effeminate.”
  • 2confident; not nervous:with nerveless panache
  • 3 Anatomy & Biology lacking nerves or nervures.

Derivatives

nervelessly

adverb

nervelessness

noun

nerveless in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of nerveless in the British & World English dictionary
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