What does sleeveless mean?
Definitions for sleeveless
sleeve·less
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sleeveless.
Princeton's WordNet
sleevelessadjective
having no sleeves
"sleeveless summer dresses"
bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vainadjective
unproductive of success
"a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
Wiktionary
sleevelessadjective
Of a garment, having no sleeves.
sleevelessadjective
Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; useless.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sleevelessadjective
Etymology: from sleeve.
His cloaths were strange, though coarse, and black, tho’ bare;
Sleeveless his jerkin was, and it had been
Velvet, but ’twas now, so much ground was seen,
Become tufftaffaty. John Donne.They put on long sleeveless coats of home-spun cotton. George Sandys.
Behold yon isle by palmers, pilgrims trod,
Grave mummers! sleeveless some, and shirtless others. Alexander Pope.This sleeveless tale of transubstantiation was brought into the world by that other fable of the multipresence. Joseph Hall.
My landlady quarrelled with him for sending every one of her children on a sleeveless errand, as she calls it. Spectator.
Wikipedia
sleeveless
A sleeveless shirt is a shirt that is manufactured without sleeves or whose sleeves have been cut off. Depending on the style, they can be worn as undershirts, by athletes in sports such as track and field and triathlon, or as casual wear by both men and women alike.
ChatGPT
sleeveless
Sleeveless refers to a type of clothing or garment that lacks sleeves, the part that would cover the arms. Typically, sleeveless clothes expose the shoulders and arms, or part of them. Examples of sleeveless attire include tank tops, sleeveless shirts, dresses, and tunics.
Webster Dictionary
Sleevelessadjective
having no sleeves
Sleevelessadjective
wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless
Etymology: [AS. slfles.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sleeveless in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sleeveless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of sleeveless in a Sentence
We called him 'Rambo' because of his long hair and muscles, he had very strong arms and liked to wear tight, sleeveless shirts. He wanted to show us he was a strongman.
Rather than having my female clients focus on media-fed goals like losing 10 pounds or wearing a sleeveless dress, I try to get them to buy into more of the performance side of things, particularly from a strength-training perspective.
For Richard, who wears his emotions on his sleeveless tank top, it would have been too much for him [to say goodbye to his fans], most people want that last bow, not everybody.
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