mutely
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mute
(myo͞ot)adj. mut·er, mut·est
1. Refraining from producing speech or vocal sound.
2.
a. Offensive Unable to speak.
b. Unable to vocalize, as certain animals.
3. Expressed without speech; unspoken: a mute appeal.
4. Law Declining to enter a plea to a criminal charge: standing mute.
5. Linguistics
a. Not pronounced; silent, as the e in the word house.
b. Pronounced with a temporary stoppage of breath, as the sounds (p) and (b); plosive; stopped.
n.
1. Offensive One who is incapable of speech.
2. Law A defendant who declines to enter a plea to a criminal charge.
3. Music Any of various devices used to muffle or soften the tone of an instrument.
4. Linguistics
a. A silent letter.
b. A plosive; a stop.
tr.v. mut·ed, mut·ing, mutes
1. To soften or muffle the sound of.
2. To soften the tone, color, shade, or hue of.
[Middle English muet, from Old French, from diminutive of mu, from Latin mūtus.]
mute′ly adv.
mute′ness n.
Usage Note: In reference to people who are unable to speak, mute and deaf-mute are now usually considered objectionable. Unlike blind and deaf, which are straightforward terms that need not be avoided out of fear of causing offense, mute and deaf-mute have fallen out of use and are likely to evoke older stereotypes of helplessness or pitiableness. They are especially objectionable if taken to imply that a person who cannot or does not use oral speech is thereby deprived of language. Many people who lack the ability to speak now converse through ASL or similar sign languages, which have the same communicative utility as spoken language. See Usage Note at deaf.
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Adv. 1. mutely - without speaking; "he sat mutely next to her"
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Translations
بِصَمْتٍ، حَرف غَيْر مَنْطوق
němě
í hljóîi
mute
(mjuːt) adjective1. unable to speak; dumb. stom لا يَسْتَطيع الكلام، أخْرَس ням mudo němý stumm stum μουγγός mudo tumm لال puhumaton muet אִלֵם मूक nijem néma bisu mállaus muto 口のきけない 말 못하는 nebylus mēms bisu stom stum niemy لال mudo mut немой nemý nem nem stum ใบ้ dilsiz 瘖啞的 німий گونگا câm 哑的
2. silent. She gazed at him in mute horror. stil, sprakeloos صامِت тих mudo němý stumm stum άφωνος, σιωπηλός mudo sõnatu بى صدا äänetön muet שוֹתֵק मौन utišan néma bisu þögull muto 無言の 침묵하는 tylus, beþadis mēms, bezvārdu- senyap stom stum, stille milczący, niemy بی غږه mudo tăcut молчаливый nemý, tichý nem tih tyst, mållös เงียบ sessiz 沉默不語的 мовчазний خاموش yên lặng 不出声的
3. (of a letter) not sounded in certain words. The word `dumb' has a mute `b' at the end. uitspraakloos, stemloos غَيْر مَنْطوق به непроизнасян mudo neznělá hláska stumm stum άφωνος, μη προφερόμενος mudo hääldumatu صامت ääntymätön muet שוֹתֵק आवाज मंद करना koji se ne izgovara néma tidak berbunyi þögull muto 黙字の 묵음의 netariamas neizrunājams tidak berbunyi stom stum niemy بی غږه mudo mut немой nevyslovený nezveneč bezvučan stum ไม่ออกเสียง okunmayan (字母)不發音的 такий, що не вимовляється بے آواز âm câm 不发音的
ˈmutely adverb stom بِصَمْتٍ، حَرف غَيْر مَنْطوق беззвучно mudamente němě stumm stumt βουβά en silencio hääletult بطور گنگ äänettömästi en silence בִּשתִיקָה गूंगापन nijemo némán dengan membisu í hljóði in silenzio 黙って 무언으로 nebyliai, tyliai mēmi; bez skaņas secara senyap stom taust, stumt niemo ګنګه mudamente în linişte, în tăcere молча; безмолвно nemo nemo nemo stumt, tyst อย่างไม่ออกเสียง sessizce 瘖啞地,沉默不語地,(字母)不發音地 мовчки خاموشی سے، چپ چاپ một cách yên lặng 无言地,不出声地
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