different between noisy vs noiselessly

English

Etymology

noise +? -y

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?n??zi/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?n???z?/
• Rhymes: -??zi

Adjective

noisy (comparative noisier, superlative noisiest)

1. Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound

   the noisy crowd.

   Synonyms: clamorous, vociferous, turbulent, boisterous

2. Full of noise.

   a noisy bar

3. Unpleasant-looking and causing unwanted attention

   noisy clothes

Derived terms

• noisy miner
• noisily
• noisiness

Translations

References

• noisy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• yonis

English

Etymology

noiseless +? -ly

Pronunciation

Adverb

noiselessly (not comparable)

1. In a quiet manner, without any noise.
   • 1912: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Ch.5:

     Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. Cautiously she moved a great padded paw forward, noiselessly placing it before she lifted the next. Thus she advanced; her belly low, almost touching the surface of the ground--a great cat preparing to spring upon its prey.

   • The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.

Synonyms

• quietly, silently, inaudibly

Antonyms

• noisily

Related terms

• noise
• noiseless
• noisily
• noisy

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