lockless
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- adjective
- /ˈlɑːk.ləs/
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sin cerradura
- Admittedly, everything is pretty much east of the inn, but significant places are the university with its lockless door and the Lackless lands with their lockless box.
Examples
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The box in the story is lockless; this one is thrice-locked.
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It's not a lockless box; it's a thrice-locked chest, and I do wonder whether it has a lockless box inside it?
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And Jo, you mention the possibility of there being a lockless box inside the chest.
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My theory on the thrice-locked box is that the final lock is similar in design to the lockless box.
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It's not a lockless box; it's a thrice-locked chest, and I do wonder whether it has a lockless box inside it?
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It is locked, but at the same time, lockless.
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Admittedly, everything is pretty much east of the inn, but significant places are the university with its lockless door and the Lackless lands with their lockless box.
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I agree that this is highly probable, especially considering the amount of attention Rothfuss has given the lockless box and the probability that Kvothe is a member of the Lockless family through his mother.
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I am sure that we will see Kvothe open at least one of these lockless items in the third book, and that will lead to him losing his name and/or conscious abilities and open the way to Faerie.
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The lockless gate made it easy for visitors to enter the garden without fumbling for keys.
Synonyms
How Locked
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lockless is made of lock and -less, where -less means 'without', so it literally means 'without a lock' and explains why a lockless gate or case has no lock and can be opened easily.