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speechlessly

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speech·less  (spchls)
adj.
1. Lacking the faculty of speech.
2. Temporarily unable to speak, as through astonishment.
3. Refraining from speech; silent.
4. Unexpressed or inexpressible in words: speechless admiration.
speechless·ly adv.
speechless·ness n.
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Adv.1.speechlessly - without speaking; "he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door"


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She looked at her questioner quite steadfastly, quite quietly, speechlessly.
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