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silently

US pronunciation
American soundsilently
silently
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si - len - tly -> silently

Myanmar meaning

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silent /'saÇlǝnt/ adj

၁။ (က) အသံမထွက်သော။ တိတ်ဆိတ်သော။ (ခြေ)လုံသော။ with silent footsteps ❍ the smooth, silent running of the engine ❍ The music stopped, and the room fell silent.
(ခ) အသံမထွက်သော။ မဖွင့်ဟသော။ a silent prayer/protest ❍ I watched her in silent admiration.
၂။ (က) နှုတ်ဆိတ်သော။ ငြိမ်သက်သော။ The vast crowd fell silent. ❍ There were several questions I wanted to ask but I kept/remained silent. ❍ Everyone stood in shocked, silent groups. ❍ On certain important details the report is strangely silent.
(ခ) နှုတ်နည်းသော။ စကားနည်းသော။ He is the strong, silent type. သူကစကား နည်းပြီး ခိုင်မာပြတ်သားတဲ့ လူစား။
၃။ အသံတိတ်(ရုပ်ရှင်)။ a silent film/movie ❍ the silent screen.
၄။ အသံမထွက်ရသော အက္ခရာ။ The ‘b’ in ‘doubt’ and the ‘w’ in ‘wrong’ are silent. ❍ QUIET
❏ silently adv တစ်ခွန်းမျှမဟဘဲ။ တိတ်တိတ်ဆိတ်ဆိတ်။ ငြိမ်ငြိမ်ဆိမ်ဆိမ်။ standing silently beside him ❍ They drove on silently.
❏ the silent majority [IDM ] ဆိတ်ဆိတ်နေသည့် လူများစု။
❏ silent partner n (US ) = SLEEPING PARTNER

More examples
  • Everyone was totally silent as the president spoke.
  • A crowd of silent onlookers
  • Fathers were expected to be strong and silent.
  • A silent woman
  • If you are arrested, you have the right to remain silent (=you do not have to give information to the police).
  • [silent on] : For the time being, I prefer to stay silent on the matter.
  • [silent about] : Everyone was asked to keep silent about the new project.
  • Silent reading
  • He said a silent prayer.
  • We hiked through a silent pine forest.
  • The house was silent except for the hum of the refrigerator.
  • High blood pressure is a silent killer.
  • A silent infection
  • The ‘h’ in ‘herb’ is silent in American English.
  • She walked silently towards the door.
Synonyms
quiet, still, hushed, soundless, noiseless, aphonic, bashful, buttoned up, celluloid, checked, cine, cinematics, cinematograph, clammed up, close, closed up, closemouthed, curbed, dailies, dumb, dummied up, faint, film, footage, hush, iced, implicit, implied, inarticulate, inaudible, incoherent, inconversable, indescribable, indistinct, inexpressible, inhibited, laconic, mousy, movie, mum, mute, muted, nameless, nonvocal, not talkative, photoplay, picture show, quiet; speechless, reserved, restrained, reticent, screenplay, shy, silentious, struck dumb, tacit, taciturn, talkie, talking picture, tongue-tied, unclear, uncommunicative, understood, unexpressed, unheard, unpronounced, unsociable, unspeaking, unspoken, unuttered, unvoiced, videotape, voiceless, wordless, zipped
Antonyms
clamorous, communicative, explicit, noisy, spoken, talkative, tangible
Cross references
quietstillhushedsoundlessnoiselessaphonicbashfulbuttoned upcelluloidcheckedcinecinematicscinematographclammed upcloseclosed upclosemouthedcurbeddailiesdumbdummied upfaintfilmfootagehushicedimplicitimplied
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