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SILENTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without speaking
Example:
he sat mutely next to her
Synonyms:
mutely; silently; taciturnly; wordlessly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
silent (failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to)
Context examples:
As they formed into ranks, each man dropping silently into his place, Sir Nigel ran a questioning eye over them, and a smile of pleasure played over his face.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Everybody was surprised, and Darcy, after looking at her for a moment, turned silently away.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
His cigar went out, and he continued to gaze silently and curiously.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Then I rose, removed my shoes, took my knife, and having opened the panel, slipped silently through.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He sprawled silently on the ground, watching the grisly form of a great doubt rising before him.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
She, however, did everything he bade her, without opposition, silently and with half-shut eyes.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The researchers found that, compared to the typically developing children, the children with autism had higher skin conductance levels when reading silently, reading aloud, and in the group toy session.
(Animals’ presence may ease social anxiety in kids with autism, NIH)
Emma's eyes were instantly withdrawn; and she sat silently meditating, in a fixed attitude, for a few minutes.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Holmes sat silently, with his head thrown back and his eyes closed, in an attitude which might seem listless to a stranger, but which I knew betokened the most intense self-absorption.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Lion was angry at this speech, but could say nothing in reply, and while he stood silently gazing at the Ball of Fire it became so furiously hot that he turned tail and rushed from the room.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
