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voicelessly

[vois-lis]

adjective

having no voice; mute.

uttering no words; silent.

having an unmusical voice.

unspoken; unuttered: voiceless sympathy.

having no vote or right of choice.

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Phonetics. (of a speech sound)

without voice; unvoiced; surd; aphonic (contrasted with voiced): “p,” “f,” and “s” are voiceless.

uttered without phonation.

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Origin:
1525–35; voice + -less

Related forms

voice·less·ly, adverb

voice·less·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. See dumb.

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voiceless (ˈvɔɪslɪs)

—*adj*
1.	without a voice; mute
2.	not articulated: voiceless misery
3.	lacking a musical voice
4.	silent
5.	without the power or right to express an opinion
6.	phonetics articulated without accompanying vibration of the vocal cords: in English (p) is a voiceless consonant

'voicelessly

—*adv*

'voicelessness

—n

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