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UK
/nˈɜːvləs/
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ADJECTIVE
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marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional
keep cool
stayed coolheaded in the crisis
the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
play it cool -
lacking strength
a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude
How To Use nerveless In A Sentence
- Big, strong and seemingly nerveless, he will frighten the life out of everyone when he grows up.
- Frona lay, head thrown back, sobbing at the sun; amidships Corliss sprawled panting; and forward, choking and gasping and nerveless, the CHAPTER 25
- With a different voice the words of the song would have sent me out of hearing; now I stood rooted to the spot, as the notes floated out past me to the nervelessness of the Indian Ocean, every one of them a commandment from behind the curtain of a sanctuary. Mrs. Falchion, Complete
- The Christian mind has succumbed to the secular drift with a degree of weakness and nervelessness unmatched in Christian history.
- With nerveless indifference, she was prepared to see the larger portion of her friends as well as enemies in high places depart the scene as a direct result of her behaviour.
- Some were natural warriors, nerveless and calm. The Sun
- Those privileged enough to have watched that astonishing display of nerveless attacking tennis in the women's singles final of the 118th Wimbledon championships will never, ever, forget it.
- I didn't see any murders, but I got the car started in a hurry to avoid one of those situations where dozens of crackheads are slapping their nerveless hands at my windows trying to get at the rocks they think are hidden inside my brainpan.
- The spear fell from his nerveless fingers as a sword punctured him from behind. Dragons of Winter Night
- The Demon sank into a chair, nerveless and limp, but still staring fearfully at the boy.