Definition of Soundlessly

1. Adverb. Without a sound. "He stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door"

Exact synonyms: Noiselessly
Partainyms: Noiseless, Soundless

Definition of Soundlessly

1. Adverb. Done in a manner that makes no noise. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Soundlessly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Soundlessly

soundholes
sounding-board
sounding-boards
sounding balloon
sounding board
sounding boards
sounding lead
sounding line
sounding rocket
sounding rod
soundingboard
soundingly
soundings
soundless
soundlessly (current term)
soundlessness
soundlike
soundly
soundman
soundmen
soundness
soundnesses
soundpainting
soundproof
soundproofed
soundproofing
soundproofings
soundproofs
sounds

Literary usage of Soundlessly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bookman (1905)
"Then she hid it in the folds of her kimona, and, her colourless lips close pressed together, she passed soundlessly from the room down the little flight of ..."

2. New Poems by David Herbert Lawrence (1920)
"soundlessly down across the counties, out of the resonant gloom That wraps the north in ... Out of the sleep, from the gloom of motion, soundlessly, ..."

3. Speech Training for Children: The Hygiene of Speech by Margaret Gray Blanton, Smiley Blanton (1919)
"(also soundlessly) Lady-bug ties her bonnet under her chin, takes up her market-basket, and goes to the third window or desk or other convenient spot. ..."

4. Speech Training for Children: The Hygiene of Speech by Margaret Gray Blanton, Smiley Blanton (1919)
"(also soundlessly) Lady-bug ties her bonnet under her chin, takes up her market-basket, and goes to the third window or desk or other convenient spot. ..."

5. Memoirs of a Midget by Walter De la Mare (1922)
"soundlessly forward over the white tablecloth, across the rank dish of ... An early fly or two—my strange, familiar friends—darted soundlessly beneath ..."

6. Memoirs of a Midget by Walter De la Mare (1922)
"soundlessly forward over the white tablecloth, across the rank dish of coagulating ... An early fly or two—my strange, familiar friends—darted soundlessly ..."

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