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speechlessness
Variant of speechless
speechless
definition
speech·less (spēc̸h′lis)
adjective
- incapable of speech; lacking the ability to speak
- temporarily unable to speak; silent, as from shock
- not expressed or expressible in words speechless terror
Related Forms:
- speechlessly speech′·lessly adverb
- speechlessness speech′·less·ness noun
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