- without speaking
- They marched silently through the streets.
- without making any or much sound synonym quietly
- She crept silently out of the room.
- The car rolled silently downhill.
- without using words or sounds to express something
- She prayed silently.
- He silently agreed with much of what she had said.
Idioms
See silently in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarysit/stand silently by
- to do or say nothing to help somebody or deal with a difficult situation
- We can’t sit silently by and let them arrest him!
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