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

sinecurist
sinecurists
sined
sinensetin
sinequanon
sinequanons
sines
sinew
sinew-shrunk
sinewed
sinewier
sinewiest
sinewiness
sinewing
sinewish
sinewless
sinews
sinewy
sinfonia
sinfonias
sinfonie
sinfonietta
sinfoniettas
sinful
sinfull
sinfully
sinfulness
sinfulnesses
sing
sing-along

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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