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in silence

in silence prepositional phrase: without making a noise, silently.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Without making a noise, silently.
    • The cat crept down the stairs in silence.

Questions about in silence

What does in silence mean?
In silence means without making a noise, silently.
What part of speech is in silence?
In silence is a prepositional phrase.

Words near in silence in the dictionary

  1. in short trousers
  2. in shorter order
  3. in shortest order
  4. in sickness and in health
  5. in sight
  6. in silence
  7. in silhouette
  8. in silico
  9. in situ
  10. in small doses
  11. in so far as

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