mutely

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English mute

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English mutely

From mute + -ly.

Adverb

mutely (comparative more mutely, superlative most mutely)

1. In a mute manner.
   • 1983, Robert Ferro, The Family of Max Desir, page 14:

     She went in a wheelchair, wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and dark glasses […] a costume that made her seem romantic and powerful. Mutely she commanded cars, arrangements, appointments, deference, respect.

Translations

in a mute manner

• Esperanto: mute (eo)

Anagrams

• Mutley