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weightless

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weight·less  (wtls)
adj.
1. Having little or no weight.
2. Not experiencing the effects of gravity.
weightless·ly adv.
weightless·ness n.
weightless
Adjective
1. seeming to have very little weight or no weight at all
2. seeming not to be affected by gravity, as in the case of astronauts in an orbiting spacecraft
weightlessness n
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Adj.1.weightlessweightless - having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light; "floating freely in a weightless condition"; "a baby bat...fluffy and weightless as a moth"; "jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric"
weighty - having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package"
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He was turned out of his nice cabin, and packed in with his belongings to share that of Lieutenant Kurt, whose luck it was to be junior, and the bird-headed officer, still swearing slightly, and carrying strops and aluminium boot-trees and weightless hair-brushes and hand-mirrors and pomade in his hands, resumed possession.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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