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"Quiet meadow," said Tom ___
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silently
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Word definitions for silently in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Silently \Si"lent*ly\, adv. In a silent manner.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adv. without speaking; "he sat mutely next to her" [syn: mutely , wordlessly , taciturnly ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from silent (adj.) + -ly (2).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. In a silent manner; making no noise.
Usage examples of silently.
David waited silently, allowing Abie all the time she needed to answer his question.
She slung her Uzi over her shoulder then abseiled down, landing silently on the floor below.
He knew that Tarrian was right and that even now the wolf would be silently prowling the dark edges of his addled mind to protect him from unseen dangers, just as its wilder fellows would prowl the woods in search of prey.
Someday, he told himself silently, the Adjutors would overreach themselves.
He had, in fact, crossed the designs of no less a power than the German Empire, he had blundered into the hot focus of Welt-Politik, he was drifting helplessly towards the great Imperial secret, the immense aeronautic park that had been established at a headlong pace in Franconia to develop silently, swiftly, and on an immense scale the great discoveries of Hunstedt and Stossel, and so to give Germany before all other nations a fleet of airships, the air power and the Empire of the world.
The male Relidose stood silently afrown, seeing, perhaps for the first time, the madness which filled the male called High Seat.
As one, the Alaunt rose from their positions and padded silently after her.
Silently commending Alec to whatever gods he had, Micum turned to meet the attack.
As soon as the women had disappeared into a room down the corridor, Alec bolted silently for the first bedchamber.
She drew Alette to her with a kind of vehemence, kissed her, and then wept silently, leaning on her shoulder.
He stood silently behind the podium as he watched the shaken delegations file out of the auditorium until only he, Joaquin, and Ament remained.
Lisette hugged Angelique against her bosom and silently bade her not to make a noise.
Bahzell had hostage right to carry his personal weapons whenever he chose, but one sight of the arbalest by any sentry would raise questions he dared not answer, and he hesitated, loath to abandon it, then whirled as the door opened silently once more.
Mikhail entered the armory to summon his men to the hunt he swore silently.
He was weeping silently and had bit his lip trying to be game arout it.