soundlessly

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English

Etymology

soundless +‎ -ly

Adverb

soundlessly (comparative more soundlessly, superlative most soundlessly)

  1. In a manner that makes no noise.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 489:
      Hassan kneed himself up, over, in, soundlessly, feet on floor, knife out, eyes like blunter knife trying to cut darkness.

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