adj
Meaning 1
Without stays (the item of clothing).
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Standard Lemma guide
stayless
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adj
Meaning 2
Without stays (nautical)
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adj
Meaning 3
Without stays (e.g. on a boiler)
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adj
Meaning 4
Without stop or delay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- 1559, William Baldwin (attributed) " [...] Richard Neuill of Earle of Warwicke [...] ", in The Mirror for Magistrates Among the heauy heape of happy knightes, Whome fortune stald vpon her staylesse stage
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History
Etymology
From stay + -less.