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Noiselessness

noun
1.
The property of making no noise.





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"Noiselessness" Quotes from Famous Books



... turned to the window, where, with the short sword, she commenced her labor of enlarging it to permit the passage of her body. The work was necessarily slow because of the fact that it must proceed with utter noiselessness. ...
— The Mucker • Edgar Rice Burroughs
... form a considerable angle with the surface of the sole, while the digits, when supporting the weight of the body, are nearly horizontal" (M. and G.). This formation would naturally give elasticity to the foot, and, with the soft cushion spoken of by Professor Dawkins, would account for the noiselessness of the elephant's tread. On one occasion a friend and myself marched our elephant up to a sleeping tiger without disturbing the ...
— Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon • Robert A. Sterndale
... deliberately closed her umbrella, advanced towards the stairs. Clem drew into the back regions for a few moments, but as soon as she heard the closing of a door in the upper part of the house, she too ascended, going on tip-toe, with a noiselessness which indicated another side of her character. Having reached the room which the visitor had entered, she brought her ear close to the keyhole, and remained in that attitude for a long time—nearly ...
— The Nether World • George Gissing


Words linked to "Noiselessness" :   quietness, soundlessness, noiseless


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