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Definitions for Quietly

[1] making no noise or sound, especially no disturbing sound: quiet neighbors.
[2] free, or comparatively free, from noise: a quiet street.
[3] silent: Be quiet!
[4] restrained in speech, manner, etc.; saying little: a quiet person.
[5] free from disturbance or tumult; tranquil; peaceful: a quiet life.
[6] being at rest.
[7] refraining or free from activity, especially busy or vigorous activity: a quiet Sunday afternoon.
[8] making no disturbance or trouble; not turbulent; peaceable: The factions remained quiet for twenty years.
[9] motionless or moving very gently: quiet waters.
[10] free from disturbing thoughts, emotions, etc.; mentally peaceful: a quiet conscience.
[11] said, expressed, done, etc., in a restrained or unobtrusive way: a quiet reproach; a quiet admonition.
[12] not showy or obtrusive; subdued: quiet colors.
[13] not busy or active: The stock market was quiet last week.
[14] to make quiet.
[15] to make tranquil or peaceful; pacify: to quiet a crying baby.
[16] to calm mentally, as a person.
[17] to allay (tumult, doubt, fear, etc.).
[18] to silence.
[19] to become quiet (often followed by down ).
[20] in a quiet manner
[21] just quietly Australian between you and me; confidentially
[22] characterized by an absence or near absence of noise a quiet street
[23] characterized by an absence of turbulent motion or disturbance; peaceful, calm, or tranquil a quiet glade ; the sea is quiet tonight
[24] free from activities, distractions, worries, etc; untroubled a quiet life ; a quiet day at work
[25] marked by an absence of work, orders, etc; not busy the factory is very quiet at the moment
[26] private; not public; secret a quiet word with someone
[27] free from anger, impatience, or other extreme emotion a quiet disposition
[28] free from pretentiousness or vain display; modest or reserved quiet humour
[29] astronomy (of the sun) exhibiting a very low number of sunspots, solar flares, and other surface phenomena; inactive Compare active (def. 8)
[30] the state of being silent, peaceful, or untroubled
[31] on the quiet without other people knowing; secretly
[32] a less common word for quieten

Words related to Quietly

quietsoftly, secretly, privately, patiently, serenely, weakly, faintly, inaudibly, murmuring, noiselessly, tacitly, confidentially, conservatively, unobtrusively, placidly, unassumingly

Words nearby Quietly

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Origin of Quietly

11350–1400; (adj.) Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (see quiescent); (v.) Middle English quieten, partly derivative of the adj., partly < Late Latin quiētāre, derivative of quiētus. Cf. coy

Words that may be confused with Quietly

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, quietquiescent, quiet, quiet, quit, quite, quietness, quietude

Other words from Quietly

qui·et·er , noun
qui·et·ly , adverb
qui·et·ness , noun
un·qui·et·ed , adjective
un·qui·et·ing , adjective

Word origin for Quietly

C14: from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere to rest, from quiēs repose, rest

Synonyms for Quietly

softly, faintly, in a low voice, in a whisper, in low tones, in silence, inaudibly, murmuring, noiselessly, sotto voce, soundlessly, tacitly, under one's breath, weakly