ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Noiselessly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Noiselessly is an adverb meaning In a quiet manner, without any noise.

Meaning

In a quiet manner, without any noise.

Example Sentences

I now, O friend, whom noiselessly the snows / Settle around, and whose small chamber grows / Dusk as the sloping window takes its load:
The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.
Noiselessly she laid the clematis and wattle on her bed, then stood near the covered face, and, looking down at her untied bootlaces, sighed an impatient sigh always well known and understood by this now unresponsive father.
Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Cautiously she moved a great padded paw forward, noiselessly placing it before she lifted the next. Thus she advanced; her belly low, almost touching the surface of the ground--a great cat preparing to spring upon its prey.

Synonyms for noiselessly

Depending on context, synonyms include quietly, silently, inaudibly, soundlessly.

Antonyms for noiselessly

Common opposites include noisily.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include soundlessly, silently, quietly, gently, murmurlessly, whisperingly.

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