noiselessness

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Etymology[edit]

noiseless +‎ -ness

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

noiselessness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or state of being noiseless; quiet or hush; silence.
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 193:
      She had established a character for humility, discretion, noiselessness and religion which Mrs. Piper greatly regretted losing.

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