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noiselessly

/ˈnɔɪzləsli/
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Do something in complete silence, and you'll do it noiselessly. If you come home late and don't want to wake your family, you can try tiptoeing noiselessly to your room.

You can substitute words like silently or inaudibly for noiselessly. Watch ballet on TV and you might think the dancers land noiselessly on the stage, but if you're sitting in the front row during a performance, you'll hear the thumps their feet actually make. Noiselessly comes from noise, an Old French word meaning "din, disturbance, or brawl," from the Latin nausea, "disgust, annoyance, or discomfort."

Definitions of noiselessly
  1. adverb
    without a sound
    synonyms: soundlessly
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