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Recent Examples of silently
Corinthian can cruise silently and emissions-free using wind power alone, but the engines will kick in if more grunt is required.
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2026
One resident wakes up to a hooded stranger preparing to stab her and silently points them to her sleeping husband rather than scream.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Charles placed an arrangement of flowers on a parapet before the couple silently bowed their heads in a moment of reflection.
—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Instead, many are silently closing the door to new ones.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Outside the Mako Childcare Center – also known as Mini Childcare Center – in Minneapolis, agents in FBI tactical vests silently loaded computer monitors and other evidence into vehicles parked in front of the building Tuesday, a CNN reporter observed.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
Type 2 diabetes can develop slowly and silently, often with no noticeable symptoms for years except glucose levels that remain elevated for a majority of the day, including when people are sleeping.
—Liao Yue, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
Womble sat silently, not uttering a word after entering his guilty plea.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
That contamination can happen silently, without any visible sign to the person pulling the egg out of the freezer.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2026
One resident wakes up to a hooded stranger preparing to stab her and silently points them to her sleeping husband rather than scream.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Charles placed an arrangement of flowers on a parapet before the couple silently bowed their heads in a moment of reflection.
—Philip Marcelo, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Instead, many are silently closing the door to new ones.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
Outside the Mako Childcare Center – also known as Mini Childcare Center – in Minneapolis, agents in FBI tactical vests silently loaded computer monitors and other evidence into vehicles parked in front of the building Tuesday, a CNN reporter observed.
—Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
Type 2 diabetes can develop slowly and silently, often with no noticeable symptoms for years except glucose levels that remain elevated for a majority of the day, including when people are sleeping.
—Liao Yue, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026
Womble sat silently, not uttering a word after entering his guilty plea.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
That contamination can happen silently, without any visible sign to the person pulling the egg out of the freezer.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silently
Adverb
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But my next words slipped soundlessly to the ground before the yellow vinyl material, like the final sprays of a park fountain at closing time.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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The Drifters Ferris wheel sent riders floating in hot air balloons that soared soundlessly toward the glass dome above the park.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
5 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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In these quietly stunning essays, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, the daughter of an Army veteran and a schoolteacher, looks back on her upbringing in Buckhannon, West Virginia.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Wealth, meanwhile, has quietly redefined itself upward.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
3 May 2026
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“Silently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silently. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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