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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But Doubs quietly put together an impressive second half of training camp and was especially good in the red zone.

— Chad Graff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
By August, Democratic candidates in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania were running ads against data centers directly, and Republicans have begun quietly distancing themselves from the same policies many once championed.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of quietly

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Related Stories While onstage before his new film bowed on the first night of the serene Colorado festival, Haigh seemed faintly astonished to be there at all.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
The scenery is almost irresistible in fall, when the air is faintly pumpkin-scented and the pace slows.

— Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of faintly

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Isabel can sometimes be found softly singing under a mango tree, as if trying to invoke something lost.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
In the dry-down, tonka bean tempers the citrus with a creamy, softly gourmand quality that contrasts with the bright opening.

— Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026

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