sound·less

1 [sound-lis]
adjective
without sound; silent; quiet.

Origin:
1595–1605; sound1 + -less

sound·less·ly, adverb
sound·less·ness, noun
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sound·less

2 [sound-lis]
adjective
unfathomable; very deep.

Origin:
1580–90; sound3 + -less

sound·less·ly, adverb
sound·less·ness, noun
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Soundless is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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soundless1 (ˈsaʊndlɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
extremely still or silent
 
'soundlessly1
 
adv
 
'soundlessness1
 
n

soundless2 (ˈsaʊndlɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
poetic chiefly extremely deep

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Example sentences
These vehicles currently are nearly soundless and pose a significant safety
  concern to people with vision impairments.
Seeing a soundless video doesn't make sense to us land dwellers where sound via
  air is plentiful.
He put them in sensory deprivation chambers that were absolutely soundless.
The processions of the injured, too, were soundless.
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