Adjective : a noiseless step; a noiseless typewriter. From Dictionary.com.
The man moved like a cat, with almost complete noiselessness. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid] Reference
Fifty-six, and with list-slippered noiselessness stepped out into the corridor. From Wordnik.com. [The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police] Reference
A great many stories have been told about the noiselessness of smokeless powder. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891] Reference
With such versatility, performance and noiselessness are all at the users´ control. From Wordnik.com. [July 2007 - Fareastgizmos.com] Reference
Lura brushed past them and went down, fading away with her customary skill and noiselessness. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak 2250 AD]
Measure of time and noiselessness defined as the moment between the doors of a lift closing and it beginning to move. From Wordnik.com. [The Meaning of Liff]
And it takes quite a time to become accustomed to the noiselessness of this proceeding, and to control the start which gives you away completely. From Wordnik.com. [Leonie of the Jungle] Reference
Dunne ascended to the room from which he had carried his prize, and he commenced a search, and no burglar ever moved with greater noiselessness or ease. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar the Detective Or, Dudie Dunne, The Exquisite Detective] Reference
Cars and scooters and ambulances and police cars could periodically be heard off in the distance taking people from point A to point B, but the noiselessness hung in the air. From Wordnik.com. [Rue Saint Maur, 3:14am] Reference
Floating on my back for noiselessness, I paddled rapidly in with my hands, expecting momentarily to hear the challenge of the picquet, and the ominous click so likely to follow. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864] Reference
Wogan was very well pleased with their noiselessness. From Wordnik.com. [Clementina] Reference
Company with the noiselessness of a disembodied spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Efficiency Expert] Reference
The Provincial came into the cell with a singular noiselessness of motion. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of the Lamp] Reference
She stole down the stair, and opened the door with absolute noiselessness. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Marston] Reference
It was all the more terrible for the noiselessness wherewith it was delivered. From Wordnik.com. [Bruce] Reference
With the same absolute noiselessness he began creeping into the mouth of the cavern. From Wordnik.com. [The Hunters of the Ozark] Reference
A short space elapsed, and up into this noiselessness came Ahab alone from his cabin. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
Away they went, with such speed and noiselessness that they appeared not to touch the ground. From Wordnik.com. [Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow"] Reference
It was that softness, that voluptuousness of her bodily movements, that catlike noiselessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers Karamazov] Reference
Some one was in the room, and it was some one who had learned the art of absolute noiselessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora] Reference
With the same noiselessness, the crouching form bent over sideways and peered around the screen. From Wordnik.com. [The Daughter of the Chieftain : the Story of an Indian Girl] Reference
The work was necessarily slow because of the fact that it must proceed with utter noiselessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Mucker] Reference
And now the longed-for night had closed in with its curtain of darkness, its noiselessness and quiet. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of the Great Elector] Reference
A moment later with absolute noiselessness he rose and leaned over the verandah-rail, intently watching. From Wordnik.com. [The Keeper of the Door] Reference
Tarzan swung himself to the trees once more, and with swift noiselessness sped along high above the trail. From Wordnik.com. [Tarzan of the Apes] Reference
The noise of life had suddenly been hushed, and each heart had heard for a moment the noiselessness of death. From Wordnik.com. [The Trespasser] Reference
When at last it was fitted and stealthily turned with an attempt at noiselessness, the door refused to yield. From Wordnik.com. [The Tyranny of Weakness] Reference
The effort to raise it cautiously was indicated not by any noiselessness but by the long duration of the sound. From Wordnik.com. [The Tyranny of Weakness] Reference
He poured out for himself some whisky, and opened a bottle of soda-water with deliberate care and noiselessness. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of the Lamp] Reference
He then glided with fiendish noiselessness about the room, arranged the furniture to his own taste, and finally said. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from the Cape] Reference
Meanwhile the king and his army had reached their new quarters, where the utmost caution and noiselessness was observed. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German] Reference
A high grade piece of furniture surpassing anything yet attempted for GENERAL UTILITY, ease of action, and absolute noiselessness. From Wordnik.com. [American Cookery November, 1921] Reference
They had returned with absolute noiselessness, and stood now some ten feet away from us, gazing with stolid composure at our group. From Wordnik.com. [In the Valley] Reference
They were laughing and talking and singing songs in loud, boisterous voices which contrasted strangely with our timid noiselessness. From Wordnik.com. [Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army] Reference
Neither spoke again, but with the utmost care and noiselessness, they stepped aside from the path and crouched among the undergrowth. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Mystery] Reference
The desert compassed them about, marvellously changing shape and colour, and every character, with all the noiselessness of phantasmagoria. From Wordnik.com. [Arizona Nights] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.