NOISELESSLY Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

noiselessly

adverb

as in quietly

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Recent Examples of noiselessly Small branches can be clipped quickly and almost noiselessly and fashioned into an effective blind in only a few minutes. — Bruce Brady, Outdoor Life, 8 Apr. 2026 On a brilliant midsummer morning, my wife and I stepped into a black Zodiac raft and drifted noiselessly among icebergs five stories high, their emerald and aquamarine walls gleaming above sapphire waters. — Pico Iyer, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2025

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Some Virginia universities have quietly been taking steps to provide scholarships to descendants, as required under a 2021 state law.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Opening quietly in 880 North American theaters from Sony Pictures is Taika Waititi‘s Klara and the Sun, which made $300,000 and heads to around $725,000 for the weekend.

— Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of quietly

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Rounding out the shoe is an outsole in black and a faintly blue translucent rubber.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
The vast, faintly industrial open warehouse incorporates concrete and wood surfaces, and glass walls frame views of the al fresco crowd in the courtyard.

— Jaclyn DeGiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of faintly

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By the time Robyn joins the conversation, her bestie is on the ropes, feebly trying to insist that the entire matter is a misunderstanding.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026
The prime minister has feebly tried to make his own reels in response, but that failed to stem the tide of public irreverence.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026

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