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Synonyms for silently
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : sahy-luhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪ lənt |
Définition of silently
Origin :- 1560s, from silent (adj.) + -ly (2).
- adv without noise
- Yates did not like to ask the cause of the delay; so the three sat there silently.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Nothing was said, but they got silently into the boat, which might have been Charon's craft for all he could see of it.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- The Nubian silently indicated two of the three hung on his person.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- She silently dropped her money into the chest, and departed.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
- He was cheerfully, but silently obeyed by more than two hundred men.
- Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Maltravers did not seek to detain her, but silently followed her steps.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Temporarily dumb with consternation, he returned her stare as silently.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- But still, with hand and eye, she silently called him to her side.
- Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
- Then together and silently they found the garden-path; and followed its dim length.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- He gazed at me silently, and then made a gesture with his hand.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
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