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Definition of "mutely" []

  • In a mute manner. (adverb)

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Use "mutely" in a sentence
  • "Daisy looked again mutely at her mother, somewhat distressed."
  • "He saw the unfairness of it all, the hopelessness of it, the cowardly subterfuge and trickery of life itself as it had played against him, and with tightly set lips and clenched hands he called mutely on God Almighty to play the game square."
  • "“Innocence always calls mutely for protection,” the book warns, “when we could be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.”"
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