splashless

English

Etymology

From splash +‎ -less.

Adjective

splashless (not comparable)

1. Lacking any splashes or splashing.
   • 2022, David Wright Faladé, Black Cloud Rising, New York, N.Y.: Atlantic Monthly Press, →ISBN, page 4:

     He swims forward, grabs a gunwale, and yanks down hard. But I spring overtop of him and stretch a splashless dive into the briny water beyond.

Derived terms

• splashlessly
• splashlessness