mutely

adv

mutely

adv

Etymology From mute + -ly.

1

In a mute manner.

She went in a wheelchair, wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat and dark glasses […] a costume that made her seem romantic and powerful. Mutely she commanded cars, arrangements, appointments, deference, respect.1983, Robert Ferro, The Family of Max Desir, page 14:

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