silent

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He had wounded her family pride, to be sure: but what really kept her silent was the dread of discovering him to be drunk and letting him see that she had discovered it Yet she had great need of tears: for on more than one account she respected her husband, even liked him, and did most desperately long to be loved by him.

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  1. adjective Marked by absence of noise or sound; still.
  2. adjective Not inclined to speak; not talkative.
  3. adjective Unable to speak.
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  • The machine lifted in a silent are and crashed sideways into the doorframe. —  F ;SF; - vol 087 issue 04-05 - October-November 1994
  • As these executives start to change the culture in their firms, they are initiating what we call the silent customer experience wars —  Customer Experience Matters
  • The United Nations agency that sets standards for air transport is drawing up new safety rules to take into account what it labels a silent killer: Pilot fatigue. —  LJWorld.com stories: News
  • Often referred to as a silent killer because you cannot see, smell, or taste it, CO is the leading cause of accidental poisoning in the U.S., killing 500 people per year and sending more than 15,000 people to hospital emergency rooms. —  Custom Search
  • What held her silent was the realization that while she felt herself helpless, under the control of some omnipotent will, here was one who cried out to her as arbiter. —  Moor Fires
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  1. Latin silēns, silent-, present participle of silēre, to be silent.

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  1. Early modern English also sylent; =: Italian silente, from Latin silen (t-)s, present participle of silere, be silent; cf. Gothic (Moesogothic) *silan, in comp. ana-silan, become silent: cf. seld.
 

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