单词 | noiselessly |
释义 | noiselesslyadv. Silently, quietly, without noise. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adverb] > silently stillyc1000 stilla1225 softlyc1330 whistlya1400 silentlya1425 coylyc1475 quietly1488 still1535 huishtly1548 whishtly1548 mutely1587 silentially1627 statuelike1640 tacitly1643 noiselessly1794 soundlessly1837 soundless1844 mouse-like1874 quietlike1909 1794 R. Jephson Rom. Portraits 34 Their subtle progress noiselessly begin. 1840 F. Marryat Olla Podrida I. iv. 31 We glided noiselessly..along. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxxv. 348 A great silent population of marble... There are senators namelessly, noselessly, noiselessly seated under archways. 1876 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 39 202 I do not think it would be possible to point to any measure in English history which so rapidly and so noiselessly produced such vast results as that which we debated in the session of 1860. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. vi. 81 He climbed the rail noiselessly and made an impetuous move for her hand. 1963 Shakespeare Q. 14 448 Nicholas Kepros created the perfect Robin Starveling: an arthritic, toothless, little tailor, busily measuring the cast for costumes, noiselessly mumbling to himself. 1998 J. Baker in S. Champion & D. Scannell Shenanigans (1999) iv. 66 Cathy had one of those silent giggle-fits.., shaking noiselessly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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