VOICELESSLY

Etymology

Adverb

voicelessly (comparative more voicelessly, superlative most voicelessly)

In a voiceless manner.

Source: Wiktionary


VOICELESS

Voice"less, a.

1. Having no voice, utterance, or vote; silent; mute; dumb. I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword. Byron.

2. (Phon.)

Definition: Not sounded with voice; as, a voiceless consonant; surd. Voiceless stop (Phon.), a consonant made with no audible sound except in the transition to or from another sound; a surd mute, as p, t, k.

– Voice"less*ly, adv.

– Voice"less*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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21 May 2025

SOMETIME

(adverb) at some indefinite or unstated time; “let’s get together sometime”; “everything has to end sometime”; “It was to be printed sometime later”


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