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mutely, adv.|ˈmjuːtlɪ|
[f. mute a. + -ly2.]
In a mute or silent manner.
1628Milton Vac. Exerc. 6 Hail, native Language, that..mad'st imperfect words..slide through my infant-lips, Driving dumb Silence from the portal door, Where he had mutely sat two years before! 1687Dryden Hind & P. i. 535 The rest amazed, Stood mutely still, and on the stranger gazed. 1863Woolner My Beautiful Lady 42 Her mutely gracious ways. 1884F. M. Crawford Rom. Singer i, Nino sat mutely by, as we smoked. |