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  • adverb In a voiceless manner.

Etymologies

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voiceless +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Turnbull looked at the fire-swept sky and the wind-stricken woodlands, and kept on repeating the word voicelessly to himself -- the word that did indeed so thoroughly express his mood of rage as it had been among those red clouds and rocking tree-tops.

    The Ball and the Cross 1905

  • And yet, looking at you through a pin hole in a drawn curtain, I made you conscious of me and called voicelessly to you to come and you came! "

    Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure Jackson Gregory 1912

  • That I could only spell out in my head, voicelessly, within the vicious circle of the words during the act of writing.

    Herta Müller - Nobel Lecture 2009

  • Two pink, naked babies popped their heads up, gaping voicelessly for food.

    Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010

  • Tessa shrieked voicelessly, but they did not seem to hear.

    Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare 2010

  • Well, a way of saying "yes" in Swedish (in the north of Sweden at least) is to voicelessly suck air between your lips (shaped like "o").

    Sweden from outside x00c5;ka 2008

  • Some time passed before he could hand it voicelessly to Sosius.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • Some time passed before he could hand it voicelessly to Sosius.

    Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

  • At this confirmation of my fears, I was overcome with despair; and could only look, voicelessly, across the quiet plains of the silent sea.

    The House on the Borderland 2007

  • In the film, Ariel the mermaid trades her voice for legs, and voicelessly must make the prince fall in love with her and kiss her within three days, or she will belong to the sea witch who enchanted her.

    HH Com 439 Miss Snark 2006

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