soundlessness
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editsoundlessness (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being soundless.
- 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter XII, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1918 September, →OCLC, page 186:
- A stealthy glance below revealed no guard in sight, and so with the quickness and the soundlessness of cats we dropped together into the main cabin of the submarine.
Synonyms
edit- (state of soundless): noiselessness, silence
Related terms
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editstate or condition of being without sound
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