motionlessly

1. 1.

   without moving; in a motionless manner

   “he saw the black-haired man waiting motionlessly behind the opposite side of the platform”

Questions about motionlessly

What does motionlessly mean?

motionlessly means "without moving; in a motionless manner".

How many syllables are in motionlessly?

motionlessly has 5 syllables and divides as mo-ti-on-les-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is motionlessly a common word?

motionlessly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.