adj.
VERBS
▪ be , seem
▪ become , fall , go , grow
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The crowd fell ~ as she began to speak.
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The room grew ~ as the men entered.
▪ keep , lie , remain , sit , stand , stay
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I could not keep ~ any longer.
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The street lay ~ and deserted.
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She sat ~ throughout the meal.
ADVERB
▪ absolutely , completely , dead ( informal , esp. AmE ), entirely , perfectly , totally , utterly
▪ almost , nearly ( esp. AmE ), virtually
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The new bus is virtually ~.
▪ largely , mostly
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an issue about which the researchers are largely ~
▪ notably , remarkably
▪ curiously , uncharacteristically , unusually
▪ deadly , eerily , oddly , strangely , unnaturally
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The street was strangely ~.
▪ ominously
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This is a subject about which the official documents are ominously ~.
▪ resolutely , stubbornly
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Len remained obstinately ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ about
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They had kept remarkably ~ about their intentions.
▪ on
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The report was ~ on that subject.
Silent is used with these nouns: ↑ auction , ↑ cinema , ↑ contemplation , ↑ epidemic , ↑ era , ↑ farewell , ↑ film , ↑ foot , ↑ fury , ↑ killer , ↑ laughter , ↑ letter , ↑ majority , ↑ meditation , ↑ menace , ↑ movie , ↑ partner , ↑ pause , ↑ prayer , ↑ rebuke , ↑ retreat , ↑ room , ↑ sigh , ↑ sob , ↑ spectator , ↑ tear , ↑ tribute , ↑ type , ↑ vigil , ↑ whistle , ↑ witness