silently

1. 1.

   without speaking

   “he sat mutely next to her”

   Synonymsmutelywordlesslytaciturnly

Questions about silently

What does silently mean?

silently means "without speaking".

How many syllables are in silently?

silently has 3 syllables: si-lent-ly. The stress falls on "si". In IPA it is /ˈsaɪləntli/.

What is another word for silently?

Close synonyms include mutely, wordlessly, taciturnly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is silently a common word?

silently is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.