soundlessness

English

Etymology

soundless +‎ -ness

Noun

soundlessness (uncountable)

The state or condition of being soundless.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Gods of Mars, Chapter XII, page 186
  A stealthy glance below revealed no guard in sight, and so with the quickness and the soundlessness of cats we dropped together into the main cabin of the submarine.

Synonyms

(state of soundless): noiselessness, silence

Related terms

Translations

state or condition of being without sound

German: Lautlosigkeit f, Geräuschlosigkeit f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lydaushet m, f, lydløshet m, f

Nynorsk: ljodlausheit f, lydlausheit f

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