Definitions for quietly
qui·et·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. softly, quietlyadverb

   with low volume

   "speak softly but carry a big stick"; "she spoke quietly to the child"; "the radio was playing softly"

2. quietlyadverb

   with little or no sound

   "the class was listening quietly and intently"; "she was crying quietly"

3. quietly, quietadverb

   with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

   "her hands rested quietly in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"; "sit here as quiet as you can"

4. restfully, quietlyadverb

   in a restful manner

   "the streets are restfully sunny and still for the town is at mass"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. quietlyadverb

   In a quiet manner.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Quietlyadverb

   Etymology: from quiet.

   1. Calmly: without violent emotion.

   Let no man for his own poverty become more oppressing in his bargain, but quietly, modestly and patiently recommend his estate to God, and leave the success to him. Taylor.

   2. Peaceably; without offence.

   Although the rebels had behaved themselves quietly and modestly by the way as they went; yet they doubted that would but make them more hungry to fall upon the spoil in the end. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.

   3. At rest; without agitation.

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1. quietly

   Quietly refers to making little or no noise, or doing something in a restrained, non-disruptive, or calm manner. It can also mean to do something discreetly or without drawing attention.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Quietlyadverb

   in a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly

2. Quietlyadverb

   without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly

3. Quietlyadverb

   calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils

4. Quietlyadverb

   noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'quietly' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2441

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'quietly' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4133

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'quietly' in Adverbs Frequency: #200

How to pronounce quietly?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say quietly in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of quietly in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of quietly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of quietly in a Sentence

1. Johann von Goethe:

   The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.

2. William Ellery Channing:

   To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, to babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never, in a word to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common, this is to be my symphony.

3. Paul Lewis:

   We take our obligation to assess the security risk of detainees seriously prior to transfers. As a result, more than 90 percent of detainees transferred during the Obama administration live quietly around the world, each of these five individuals was unanimously approved for transfer more nearly five years ago by six departments and agencies through the 2009 executive order task force.

4. Johann von Goethe:

   One man's word is no man's word we should quietly hear both sides.

5. Thornton:

   The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself, 'Oh, now I've got myself into an awful mess I wish I were sitting quietly at home.' And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure.

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