silently
adverb uk/ˈsaɪ.lənt.li/ us/ˈsaɪ.lənt.li/
(WITH NO SOUND)
B2 无语地，无言地，安静地，默默地
without talking or making any noise
She wept silently into a handkerchief. 她捂着手帕默默地哭泣。
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- We all ate silently.
- Other family members sat silently in the courtroom.
- Silently, from across the road, they watched who came and went.
- After months of silently pining for her, he mustered the courage to talk to her at a party.
- Silently repeat the statement whenever the problem arises.
(NOT NOTICED)
（尤指坏事发生）悄无声息地
If something happens silently, especially something bad, you do not notice that it is happening.
Research shows that Alzheimer's disease develops silently over a decade or longer before causing symptoms. 研究表明，阿尔茨海默病会在十年或更长时间内悄无声息地发展，然后才会出现症状。
See: silent
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- Inflation could silently erode your purchasing power.
- They declare that the disease may be dormant, or develop silently, for twenty or thirty years before manifesting.
- Hepatitis C can exist symptom-free for decades, silently damaging your liver.
- Dry rot was silently eroding their own floorboards.