soundlessness

English

Etymology

soundless +‎ -ness

Noun

soundlessness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being soundless.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Gods of Mars, Chapter XII, page 186

     A stealthy glance below revealed no guard in sight, and so with the quickness and the soundlessness of cats we dropped together into the main cabin of the submarine.

Synonyms

• (state of soundless): noiselessness, silence

Related terms

• sound
• soundless
• soundlessly

Translations

state or condition of being without sound

• German: Lautlosigkeit f, Geräuschlosigkeit f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lydaushet m or f, lydløshet m or f

  Nynorsk: ljodlausheit f, lydlausheit f

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