Then he said, "Good night!" and with muffled oar Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, Just as the moon ros

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Then he said, "Good night!" and with muffled oar
Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore,
Just as the moon rose over the bay,
Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war;Which is the best definition of muffled as it is used in the excerpt? Base your answer on context.
	A.	sharpened
	B.	quieted
	C.	amplified
	D.	carved

GPT-5 mini · Answer

B. quieted

Context: "silently rowed" shows the oar made little sound, so "muffled" means its sound was reduced or quieted.

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