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silently

/ˈsaɪləntli/adverb3 syllables

Silently means: without speaking.

Synonyms for silently3

adverb, as in without speaking

mutely, wordlessly, taciturnly

What does silently mean?1

adverb

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without speaking“he sat mutely next to her”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Silently in a sentence

  • Each fight left him feeling lost, crying silently in the corner.Nuel
  • She stood silently, her head tilted slightly to one side.TheDQN
  • The shell-shocked soldier sat silently, lost in his memories.Myrano_
  • Holmes sat silently, with his head thrown back and his eyes closed.Hybrid
  • She silently filed away that piece of information, thinking it might be useful later.AlanF_US
  • There were two men walking silently on the sidewalk.felidad
  • The vision that was planted in my senses still silently lingers.unknown
  • The black mamba slithered through the tall grass silently.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.