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silently

  • a word derived from silent.
    silent
    adjective
    making no sound; quiet; still.

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There is a spa trip and fancy dinner at a restaurant and behind it all, lurking silently, a cancer scare.

From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2026

Opinion: Are you silently freaking out about retirement?

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Somewhere in the stormy waters off Greenland, a bright yellow robotic probe, known as an Argo float, is sinking silently beneath the waves.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Unbeknownst to its more than 800 members, Flod had been lurking in the public group for years, silently celebrating each new mention of Pinky.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

I silently say the Jewish prayer we recite when we light the candles on Shabbat eve.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar