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noiselessly

adv

Etymology

From noiseless + -ly.

  1. derived from nojé — “to bother, to annoy”
  2. derived from inodio — “to make repulsive”
  3. derived from enoiier — “to bother, to disturb”
  4. derived from noxia — “hurt, harm, damage, injury”
  5. derived from nausia
  6. derived from noise — “a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”
  7. inherited from noyse
  8. suffixed as noiseless — “noise + less”
  9. suffixed as noiselessly — “noiseless + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a quiet manner, without any noise.

    • 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.
    • I now, O friend, whom noiselessly the snows / Settle around, and whose small chamber grows / Dusk as the sloping window takes its load:

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA