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Definition of Sinewless
1. a. Having no sinews; hence, having no strength or vigor.
Definition of Sinewless
1. Adjective. Having no sinews. ¹
2. Adjective. Lacking strength or vigour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sinewless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sinewless
Literary usage of Sinewless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"sinewless, invertebrate (fig.), little; see SLIGHT, FRAGILE, BRITTLE, COMPLAISANT.
1. Referring to liquors: thin, small, single (archaic), light, wash, ..."
2. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer, Philip Stanhope Worsley (1861)
"This is their portion who, from light exiled, Dying descend into these regions
drear, sinewless, fleshless, boneless. On the bier All substance was burnt ..."
3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"He is not cold and formal as Robertson ; he is not tainted in his whole nature,
as was Gibbon, by mistaking a sinewless phantom, called " philosophy"—evoked ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"... and committed the deed. Peace be to his spirit ! Mart felt that it was
an :пш!Ые witness, as he took the sinewless and now ..."
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