"stayless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more stayless [comparative], most stayless [superlative]
Etymology: stay + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stay|less}} stay + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} stayless (comparative more stayless, superlative most stayless)
  1. Without stays (the item of clothing).
    Sense id: en-stayless-en-adj-rOgRdlt2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 73 27
  2. (archaic) Without stop or delay. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-stayless-en-adj-5AMblY0b

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