Silent

/ˈsaɪ̯lənt/ · adjective

Meaning

Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet..

Definitions by Sense

1. Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet.
2. Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative.
3. Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed.
4. (pronunciation) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent.
5. Having no effect; not operating; inefficient.
6. (technology) With the sound turned off; usually on silent or in silent mode.
7. (technology) Without audio capability.
8. Hidden, unseen.

Example Sentences

What was formerly performed by fleets and armies, by invasions, sieges, and battles, has been of late accomplished by more silent methods.

How silent is this town!

The voice of the auctioneer is slow and low […]; after a pause, which seems no silenter than the rest of the transaction, he ceases to repeat the bids, and his fish, in the measure of a bushel or so, have gone for a matter of three shillings.

Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men.

This new-created world, whereof in hell / Fame is not silent.

Tothero is silent before replying. His great strength is in these silences; he has the disciplinarian's trick of waiting a long moment while his words gather weight.

The winds were silent, all the waves asleep, / And heaven was trac'd upon the flattering deep

The e is silent in fable.

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Word Forms

• silenter
• more silent
• silentest
• most silent
• scilent
• silents

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