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Definition of Ruleless
1. a. Destitute of rule; lawless.
Definition of Ruleless
1. Adjective. Without rules; unregulated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ruleless
1. not restrained or regulated by law [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruleless
Literary usage of Ruleless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in the History of Classical Teaching: Irish and Continental, 1500-1700 by Timothy Corcoran (1911)
"The two ways are so far related to each other, that the ' rule-way' gives more
sureness, the ' ruleless-way' more ease in learning. ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Man indeed, and King Louis like other men, lives in this world to make rule out
of the ruleless; by his living energy, he shall force the absurd itself to ..."
3. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1858)
"... had been many helping themselves by a ruleless life, of late. Industry was at
a low ebb, violence was rife; plunder, disorder everywhere; ..."
4. History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill (1897)
"... a cool reception as Statthalter.1 He came as the representative of law and
rule; and there had been many helping themselves by a ruleless life, of late. ..."
5. History of Friedrich II of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great: Called by Thomas Carlyle (1858)
"... a cool reception as Statthalter.1 He came as the representative of law and
rule; and there had been many helping themselves by a ruleless life, of late. ..."
6. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1917)
"... compensated by any of that extensive knowledge of modern literature which the
ruleless or scantily ruled system of criticism imperatively requires. ..."
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