"in silence" meaning in English

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        "Without making a noise, silently."
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "without making a noise",
          "word": "hiljaa"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "without making a noise",
          "word": "hiljaisuudessa"
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          "sense": "without making a noise",
          "word": "en silence"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "without making a noise",
          "word": "en silencio"
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          "roman": "siōpêi",
          "sense": "without making a noise",
          "word": "σιωπῇ"
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          "roman": "sigêi",
          "sense": "without making a noise",
          "word": "σιγῇ"
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          "sense": "without making a noise",
          "word": "en silencio"
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  "word": "in silence"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without making a noise",
      "word": "hiljaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "without making a noise",
      "word": "hiljaisuudessa"
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      "sense": "without making a noise",
      "word": "en silence"
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      "sense": "without making a noise",
      "word": "en silencio"
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      "roman": "siōpêi",
      "sense": "without making a noise",
      "word": "σιωπῇ"
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      "roman": "sigêi",
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      "word": "σιγῇ"
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