soundlessness

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sound·less

(sound′lĭs)

adj.

Having or making no sound. See Synonyms at quiet.

sound′less·ly adv.

sound′less·ness n.

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Noun

soundlessness - the property of making no sound

quietness

silence, quiet - the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"

noiselessness - the property of making no noise

soundlessness

noun

The absence of sound or noise:

hush, noiselessness, quiet, quietness, silence, still, stillness.

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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.

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The soundlessness impressed her as a positive entity rather than as the mere negation of noise.

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That is the secret delight and security of hell, that it cannot be denounced, that it lies hidden from language, [...] which is why the words 'subterranean,' 'cellar,' 'thick walls,' 'soundlessness,' 'oblivion,' 'hopelessness,' are but weak symbols.

Music, Myth and Modernity: From Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy to Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus

have to develop a specific tongue which "transforms soundlessness

JAMAICA KINCAID AND OLIVE SENIOR GARDENING THROUGH HISTORY, CULTIVATING RHIZOMIC SUBJECTIVITIES

In the case of the lute, for example, sound emerges out of, is punctuated by, and culminates in soundlessness. A tune expresses the aspirations of the player; it also impresses, inspires, and calls into being a like-spirited listener (a pattern of psychic energy is communicated intersubjectively), and ends up synchronizing the breath of both, so they con-spire (breathe together).