quietly

English

Etymology

quiet +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/
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Adverb

quietly (comparative more quietly, superlative most quietly)

In a quiet manner.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎:
  When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.

Antonyms

loudly

Translations

in a quiet manner

Armenian: կամաց (hy) (kamacʿ), հանգիստ (hy) (hangist)
Belarusian: ці́ха (cíxa)
Bulgarian: ти́хо (bg) (tího)
Catalan: silenciosament (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 悄悄地 (zh) (qiāoqiāo de), 安靜地 (zh), 安静地 (zh) (ānjìng de)
Czech: tiše (cs)
Esperanto: silente (silently), kviete (calmly)
Finnish: hiljaa (fi), hiljaisesti (fi)
French: paisablement, tranquillement (fr)
Georgian: წყნარად (c̣q̇narad), ჩუმად (čumad)
German: ruhig (de), leise (de)
Alemannic German: liis, liisli
Greek: αθόρυβα (el) (athóryva)
Ido: silence (io)

Japanese: 静かに (ja) (しずかに, shizuka ni)
Korean: 조용하게 (ko) (joyonghage), 조용히 (ko) (joyonghi)
Macedonian: тивко (tivko)
Maori: māika
Nahuatl: yocoxquia
Polish: cicho (pl)
Portuguese: silenciosamente
Russian: ти́хо (ru) (tíxo), сми́рно (ru) (smírno)
Scottish Gaelic: os ìosal
Serbo-Croatian: tȉho (sh), ти̏хо
Slovak: ticho
Slovene: tiho
Spanish: mansamente (es), despacio (es)
Ukrainian: ти́хо (týxo)

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