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Antonyms for mobile

Grammar : Adj
Spell : moh-buh l, -beel or, esp. British, -bahyl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmoʊ bəl, -bil or, esp. British, -baɪl

Definition of mobile

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French mobile (14c.), from Latin mobilis "movable, easy to move; loose, not firm," figuratively, "pliable, flexible, susceptible, nimble, quick; changeable, inconstant, fickle," contraction of *movibilis, from movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Sociology sense from 1927. Mobile home first recorded 1940.
  • adj movable, travelling
Example sentences :
  • Mobile was a city that was generally quite disdained by impresarii.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The money was handed over to the engine-driver, who sent it off to Mobile.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • He had thin, mobile lips, which expressed friendship and curiosity at this moment.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • You can't call out an officer; you'll be sent to the water-batteries at Mobile.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • On the coast to the west of Mobile, we find islands not worth mentioning.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • Though the settlement of Mobile be the oldest, yet it is far from being the most considerable.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • The Settlement at Mobile was the first seat of the colony in this province.
  • Extract from : « The History of Louisiana » by Le Page Du Pratz
  • The other's mobile face twisted itself in a grimace of incredulity.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • It is your genial fellow, with mobile features, that suffers so terribly from age.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • The government resolved to repossess New Orleans and Mobile.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 7, 1880 » by Various

Synonyms for mobile

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