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Word entry · 8 letters

silently

Best crossword clue

"Without making noise"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsaɪləntli/Part of speech adverbSorted eillnstyStarts with SEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2I3L4E5N6T7L8Y

Definitions

  1. Without sound or spoken words.

Word origin

From silent + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • It often happens that the most important results in the natural world are brought about by causes which operate silently, if not imperceptibly.
  • Frederick, I presume, at this late hour of four, may be snatching a morsel of dinner; his orderlies are silently speeding, plans taken, orders given: […]
  • There never was an English-language text, either in 1561 or 1859. Yule and Burnell have silently provided a translation.

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