From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwithout (saying) a wordwithout (saying) a wordif you do something without a word, you do not say anything while you do it He left without a word. → word
Examples from the Corpus
without (saying) a word• Then she turned and without a word left him and the house, too.• Jed began to know where Creed wanted to go without a word being uttered.• He throws himself without a word on to the blanket beside him.• Now this woman of endless stories, a teacher, lies without words, waiting to die.• Sitting down opposite without a word he picked up the glass and emptied the contents down his throat.• The place is empty but for the bar and three or four slightly-built lads shooting pool without words.• Still without a word Pearl brought Ezra to the tiny kitchen.• She turned without a word and walked back to where her friends lay like casualties. 