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rayless [ˈreɪlɪs] adj
1. dark; gloomy 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) lacking rays a rayless flower raylessly adv raylessness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| Day after day through a cold streak of heavens as bare and poor as the inside of a rifled safe a rayless and despoiled sun would slink shamefacedly, without pomp or show, to hide in haste under the waters. I have no doubt they could see me in that rayless obscurity, and they did not seem to have any fear of me apart from the light. No; let me finish:- you don't know that, if you married her, your home would be rayless and comfortless; and it would break your heart at last to find yourself united to one so wholly incapable of sharing your tastes, feelings, and ideas - so utterly destitute of sensibility, good feeling, and true nobility of soul. |
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