Aloud
Aloud adverb - With one's normal voice speaking the words.
Usage example: the mischievous teacher likes to call on the sleepiest-looking students to read aloud from the textbook
Silently
Both words in one sentence
- The latter silently comes to concede the point, but is too Prideful to admit it aloud.
Source: Roleplay / Doubt Academy -
Inverted in One Piece, where the Cloudcuckoolander Gedatsu stands silently, having forgotten he would have to speak aloud for people to hear his inner monologue.
Source: Did I Just Say That Out Loud? -
In a later book, this may be explained by the fact that skilled wizards can silently cast spells without having to say the incantation aloud.
Source: Blasting It out of Their Hands
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