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Soundlessly vs Noiselessly - What's the difference?

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Soundlessly is a related term of noiselessly.


As adverbs the difference between soundlessly and noiselessly

is that soundlessly is done in a manner that makes no noise while noiselessly is in a quiet manner, without any noise.

soundlessly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Done in a manner that makes no noise.

    • noiselessly

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In a quiet manner, without any noise.
  • *1912 : (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Ch.5:
  • *:Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Cautiously she moved a great padded paw forward, noiselessly placing it before she lifted the next. Thus she advanced; her belly low, almost touching the surface of the ground--a great cat preparing to spring upon its prey.
  • *
  • *:The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly ; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.

    • Synonyms

    * quietly, silently, inaudibly

    Antonyms

    * noisily

    Related terms

    * noise * noiseless * noisily * noisy