soundlessness

English

Etymology

From soundless +‎ -ness.

Noun

soundlessness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being soundless.
   • 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter XII, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1918 September, →OCLC, page 186:

     A stealthy glance below revealed no guard in sight, and so with the quickness and the soundlessness of cats we dropped together into the main cabin of the submarine.

Synonyms

• (state of soundless): noiselessness, silence

Related terms

• sound
• soundless
• soundlessly

Translations

state or condition of being without sound

• German: Lautlosigkeit f, Geräuschlosigkeit (de) f
• Maori: haumūmutanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lydaushet m or f, lydløshet m or f

  Nynorsk: ljodlausheit f, lydlausheit f

• Polish: bezdźwięczność f, bezgłośność (pl) f