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noiseless

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noise·less  (noizls)
adj.
Making or marked by no noise. See Synonyms at still1.

noiseless·ly adv.
noiseless·ness n.

noiseless [ˈnɔɪzlɪs]
adj
making little or no sound; silent
noiselessly  adv
noiselessness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.noiseless - making no sound; "th' inaudible and noiseless foot of time"- Shakespeare
quiet - free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet"

noiseless
adjective silent, soundless, quiet, mute, muted, hushed, inaudible, still Her soft shoes were noiseless on the marble floor.
Translations
noiseless [ˈnɔɪzlɪs] ADJsilencioso
noiseless [ˈnɔɪzləs] adjsilencieux/euse
noiseless [ˈnɔɪzlɪs] adjsilenzioso/a
noiseless [ˈnɔɪzlɪs] adjsilenzioso/a


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Then everything was still, excepting that Valentine heard the almost noiseless sound of some liquid being poured into the glass she had just emptied.
From the dim woods on either bank, Night's ghostly army, the grey shadows, creep out with noiseless tread to chase away the lingering rear- guard of the light, and pass, with noiseless, unseen feet, above the waving river-grass, and through the sighing rushes; and Night, upon her sombre throne, folds her black wings above the darkening world, and, from her phantom palace, lit by the pale stars, reigns in stillness.
Then suddenly traversing a little glade, I saw with an unpleasant start two clumsy legs among the trees, walking with noiseless footsteps parallel with my course, and perhaps thirty yards away from me.
 
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