English Dictionary

Definition of “silentness”

silentness (ˈsaɪləntnəs)

the condition of tending to speak very little or not at all
(poetic) the condition of having an absence or near absence of noise or sound
(phonetics) the condition of having conventional orthography but being unpronounced

characterized by an absence or near absence of noise or sound ⇒ a silent house
tending to speak very little or not at all
unable to speak
failing to speak, communicate, etc, when expected ⇒ the witness chose to remain silent
not spoken or expressed ⇒ silent assent
not active or in operation ⇒ a silent volcano
(of a letter) used in the conventional orthography of a word but no longer pronounced in that word ⇒ the ``k'' in ``know'' is silent
denoting a film that has no accompanying soundtrack, esp one made before 1927, when such soundtracks were developed

ˈsilently adverb

ˈsilentness noun

C16: from Latin silēns, from silēre to be quiet

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