rippleless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹɪp.əl.(l)əs/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From ripple + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without ripples.
Now it was deserted: the people, with their chickens and goats and pots and pans, must have escaped rippleless down the river in their dugout canoes after the first shot was fired.
2010, Helon Habila, Oil on Water, AudioGO (2011), page 81: