Meaning of silently In English

• 0 without talking or making any noise:

  • She wept silently into a handkerchief.

• 1 If something happens silently, especially something bad, you do not notice that it is happening:

  • Research shows that Alzheimer's disease develops silently over a decade or longer before causing symptoms.

• 2 without speaking, or only in the mind:

  • After losing, the US players walked off the field silently.

• 3 without any sound; quietly:

  • Silently, he crept up the stairs.