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# speechless

adjective

«speechless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Speechless means unable to speak, usually from surprise, shock or wonder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speechless/#m1)

### In the lessons

describes characters so amazed that they cannot say a word, as in the surprised King and Queen in a tale

### Examples

- The King was speechless with surprise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speechless/#x1)
- I was speechless when I saw the gift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speechless/#x2)
- The crowd stood speechless at the sight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speechless/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «speechless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/speechless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«speechless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/speechless.html) on Mova free.