soundlessness

English

soundlessness (uncountable)

The state or condition of being soundless.
- 1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as chapter XII, in The Gods of Mars, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., 1918 September, →OCLC, page 186:
  A stealthy glance below revealed no guard in sight, and so with the quickness and the soundlessness of cats we dropped together into the main cabin of the submarine.

state or condition of being without sound

German: Lautlosigkeit f, Geräuschlosigkeit (de) f
Maori: haumūmutanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lydaushet m or f, lydløshet m or f

Nynorsk: ljodlausheit f, lydlausheit f
Polish: bezdźwięczność f, bezgłośność (pl) f

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