silently

«silently» in Mova's school dictionary: Without making any sound; quietly — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (silently)

meaning for a pupil

1) Without making any sound; quietly. tree →

2) Without speaking. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, «read silently» means read in your head, not aloud; in fire drills you line up silently so you can hear instructions. In stories, characters creep silently to surprise someone, and animals like owls hunt silently. Phrases: «read silently», «move silently», «silently agree», «sit silently».

examples

• Please read silently for ten minutes. tree →
• The owl flew silently through the night. tree →
• We lined up silently for the fire drill. tree →
• The cat crept silently towards the bird. tree →
• She silently counted to ten to calm down. tree →
• The snow fell silently all night. tree →
• He nodded silently. tree →
• The class worked silently on the test. tree →
• But she shook her head silently. tree →

note

Adjective: «silent»; noun: «silence». A «silent letter» is a letter you write but don't say, like the k in «knee» or the b in «doubt».

In the corpora

• Fluent readers still use phonics, fast and silently, and slow down to it when they meet a hard new word.
• Alliteration is the same first sound repeated in words close together: "big brown bear", "slithering snakes slide silently".
• A girl in Leeds did not introduce her friend to her nan; her friend felt left out and sat silently all afternoon.
• LORD, in trouble have they sought Thee, silently they poured out a prayer when Thy chastening was upon them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «silently» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.