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adjective

Silent adj.

Free from sound or noise; absolutely still; perfectly quiet. "How silent is this town!"

Not speaking; indisposed to talk; speechless; mute; taciturn; not loquacious; not talkative. "Ulysses, adds he, was the most eloquent and most silent of men." "This new-created world, whereof in hell Fame is not silent."

Keeping at rest; inactive; calm; undisturbed; as, the wind is silent.

(Pron.) Not pronounced; having no sound; quiescent; as, e is silent in "fable."

Having no effect; not operating; inefficient. (R.) "Cause... silent, virtueless, and dead."

Silent partner. See Dormant partner, under Dormant.

Synonyms: Mute; taciturn; dumb; speechless; quiet; still. See Mute, and Taciturn.

noun

Silent n. That which is silent; a time of silence. (R.) "The silent of the night."

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"Silent" Quotes from Famous Books

... things lasted nearly all day. Hoodie was really most agreeable. She was rather more silent than usual, but, ...

— Hoodie • Mary Louisa Stewart Molesworth

... Cluster after cluster of white blooms, carefully selected for the adornment of the Royal apartments, he laid beside him on the grass, not presuming to look in the direction where that other Workman in the ways of life sat silent and absorbed in thought. That other, in his own long-practised manner, feigned not to be aware of his dependant's proximity,—and in this fashion they twain—human beings made of the same clay and ...

— Temporal Power • Marie Corelli

... the type of the modern Greek. Merchandise has taken precedence of the Muses and politics are preferred to Parnassus. Yet by the Illissus there are sweet singers; the nightingales are not silent in Colonus; and from the garden of Greek nineteenth-century poetry Miss Edmonds has made a very pleasing anthology; and in pouring the wine from the golden into the silver cup she has still kept much of the beauty of the original. Even when translated into English, modern Greek lyrics ...

— Reviews • Oscar Wilde

... not actually protrude from the ceiling,—in short, that they were not colored bas-reliefs, instead of frescos. No words can express the beautiful effect, in an upholstery point of view, of this kind of decoration. Here, as at the Pantheon, there were many persons sitting silent, kneeling, or passing from ...

— Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Complete • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... alone, and no really great man ever stood alone. The secret of their greatness lies in their understanding the spirit of the age in which they live, and in giving expression with the full power of faith and conviction to the secret thoughts of millions. Luther was but lending words to the silent soul of suffering Germany, and no one should call himself a Protestant who is not a Lutheran with Luther at the Diet of Worms, and able to say with him in the face of princes and prelates, "Here I stand; I can not do ...

— Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. • F. Max Mueller

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