How to pronounce silently in British English
“silently” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to silently the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “silently” in: all accents · American English (63 clips)
“silently” in real sentences — British speakers
97 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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standing silently near the closed abortion centre.
The Scottish Parliament
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Many organisations have suggested that the consultation period went silently by, and that not enough time
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “silently”
Words one sound away from silently — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “silently”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of silently. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.