adv
Meaning 1
In a manner that makes no noise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
soundlessly
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Sound
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adverb
Meaning 2
without a sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: noiselessly
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English soundless Middle English -ly English -ly English soundlessly From soundless + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: безшумно (bezšumno) — soundlessly
- Danish: lydløst — soundlessly
- German: lautlos — soundlessly
- German: tonlos — soundlessly
- German: geräuschlos — soundlessly
- Norwegian Bokmål: lydlaust — soundlessly
- Norwegian Bokmål: lydløst — soundlessly
- Norwegian Nynorsk: ljodlaust — soundlessly
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lydlaust — soundlessly
- Polish: bezdźwięcznie — soundlessly
- Polish: bezgłośnie — soundlessly
- Polish: bezszelestnie — soundlessly
- Swedish: ljudlöst — soundlessly