quietly
quietly is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly.
- 2.Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.
- 3.Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- average
- background
- bashful
- bashfulness
- beat
- blush
- blushing
- bushel
- candle
- cast
- ceremony
- constrained
- constraint
- countenance
- coy
- demure
- demureness
- diffidence
- diffident
- disposition
- distance
- draw
- drum
- eye
- face
- fairly
- fame
- find
- get
- give
- golden
- good
- hide
- humble
- humbly
- humility
- jog
- keep
- light
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is quietly.
- What is without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly called?
- What is calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils called?
- What is noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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