OXFORD 9000
📚 adv • entry_id 27066

silently

/ˈsaɪləntli/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
calla callando • callandito • callando • chiticallando • silenciosamente
In a silent manner; making no noise.
Frederick, I presume, at this late hour of four, may be snatching a morsel of dinner; his orderlies are silently speeding, plans taken, orders given: […]
It often happens that the most important results in the natural world are brought about by causes which operate silently, if not imperceptibly.
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