mutely
悄悄地,缄默地,沉默地,静音
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mut·er, mut·est.
- : silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
- : not emitting or having sound of any kind.
- : incapable of speech: Animals are mute and are only able to speak in fairy tales and fables.
- : silent; not pronounced: The mute “e” in the word “dime” makes the preceding vowel long, so it is not pronounced like “dim.”
- : Law. making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial.
- : Fox Hunting. hunting a line without giving tongue or cry.
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- : Offensive. a person incapable of speech.
- : an actor whose part is confined to dumb show.
- : Law. a person who stands mute when arraigned.
- : Also called sordino . a mechanical device of various shapes and materials for muffling the tone of a musical instrument.
- : Phonetics. stop.
- : British Obsolete. a hired mourner at a funeral; a professional mourner.
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mut·ed, mut·ing.
- : to deaden or muffle the sound of: The music was a little muted by distance and the trees.
- : to turn off:During the commercials, they muted the TV and discussed the game.Check the mic icon to make sure you're not muted.
- : to reduce the intensity of by the addition of another color.
- : to soften or subdue; moderate: His happiness about returning to the United States was muted by his concern for the other hostages.
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Examples
It essentially gives you a dashboard of buttons you can use to conveniently control functions on Windows, like muting the volume, grabbing a screenshot, launching an application, switching between video inputs, and pausing media playback.
Whatever the case, TV sets need a brand-new “hypocrisy-mute” button for Fox News commentators who express umbrage at the Capitol riot.
In Successful Aging he details the effects of aging on this too solid flesh, from cell function to motor actions to sleep patterns, and prescribes ways of living to mute the insults of growing old.
Group Zoom calls, in which half the team is on mute or have turned off their cameras, also make it challenging to pick up on body language.
That can do a lot of good, but with cultural strife at 2020 levels, bickering will undoubtedly infect your feed no matter how many words you mute and people you unfollow.
In recent days it has been again devastated by the great world war, as its gaunt ruins mutely tell.
All this time Clifford was mutely wondering why the wealthy old ranchman should be so anxious to meet his father.
He leaned over and sought those unresponsive lips that, mutely cold, met his.
Presently a manservant entered and, bowing, indicated mutely that his master would see her now.
As Scott and Elderburg passed a group of the black gang, mutely dangling wrenches, there was a sudden stir.