Noiselessness

Noiselessness
Noiseless Noise"less, a. Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent; as, the noiseless foot of time. [1913 Webster]

So noiseless would I live. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] -- {Noise"less*ly}, adv. -- {Noise"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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