formlessly


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form·less

 (fôrm′lĭs)
adj.
1. Having no definite form; shapeless: a formless unicellular organism.
2. Lacking order: formless activity.
3. Having no material existence: a formless void.

form′less·ly adv.
form′less·ness n.
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Adv.1.formlessly - in a formless manner; "the dress hung formlessly on her body"
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I looked down; my clothes hung formlessly on my shrunken limbs; the hand that lay on my knee was corded and hairy.
It is ostensibly the narrative of the adventures of a young Spaniard, but as a story it rambles on formlessly without approaching an end, and its real purpose is to serve as an utterly cynical indictment of mankind, the institutions of society, and accepted moral principles.
He grasps his upper left arm, while blood flows from left sleeve, which shows no hand beneath and seems to hang formlessly as if only a stump remains above his elbow.
In the resulting works, foam spills formlessly from a sneaker; bulges, bound and taut, beneath fabric or plastic wrappings; or serves as a primordial matrix for bits of junk.
I looked down; my clothes hung formlessly on my shrunken limbs; the hand that lay on my knee was corded and hairy.
In other words, it is seeing who or what you are timelessly, formlessly.
These poems have no right-side-of-the-page phobia, no words drifting formlessly down the far left side of the page, no disordered typographical romancing of blank space.