| speechless | (adj) temporarily incapable of speaking, Syn. dumb, Example: struck dumb; speechless with shock |
| speechlessly | (adv) without speaking, Example: he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door |
| speechlessness | (n) the property of being speechless |
| Speechless | a. Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] -- |