silently
IPA: sˈaɪɫʌntɫi
adverb
- In a silent manner; making no noise.
- Of an edit or change to a text, without explicit acknowledgment.
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Examples of "silently" in Sentences
- I watched phosphorescence light silently.
- He just appeared silently in the background.
- In the salon, they silently assembled around the piano.
- I said the word silently to myself until the syllables collapsed into nonsense.
- He would close his eyes, repeat her name silently, moving his lips, one hundred times.
- In an attempt to prod my memory, I now began to repeat his name silently as I bent my steps homeward—Alexander Montague, Alexander Montague.
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