Definitions

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  • adverb Done in a manner that makes no noise.

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  • adverb without a sound

Etymologies

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soundless +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • We filed in soundlessly, and the butler motioned me to a chair next to George.

    I Ate a Pygmy « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2007

  • There is a heartbreaking small scene, for example, where Izzy happens upon her mother, a clever woman whose upbringing didn't allow her to go to college, secretly reading Izzy's college course lists, her "lips moving soundlessly".

    Great House by Nicole Krauss – review 2011

  • Then she stalked soundlessly up to the rift, dropped to hands and knees, and stared within.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • And I saw a tear leak past the corner of her eye and slip soundlessly down her leathery cheek.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • She closed the door soundlessly, just as Mom called, Cara?

    Choker Elizabeth Woods 2011

  • The story follows: its narrator, traveling along the coast of the North Sea, is caught in a terrible storm; battered by wind and waves, he repeatedly glimpses a spectral horseman galloping furiously and soundlessly past him.

    Deals 2010

  • Few of the people we admire spent their lives toiling soundlessly as spokes in an all-consuming wheel.

    Wale Oyejide: Were You Hoping for a Miracle? Wale Oyejide 2011

  • I do not linger, do not even reach out to touch them, but almost without thinking I find myself moving my lips to soundlessly say her name.

    Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011

  • Few of the people we admire spent their lives toiling soundlessly as spokes in an all-consuming wheel.

    Wale Oyejide: Were You Hoping for a Miracle? Wale Oyejide 2011

  • He leaped out of bed, landing soundlessly on his feet and dashing to the front window.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

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