quietly

English

Etymology

From Middle English quietely, quyetly, equivalent to quiet +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkwaɪ.ət.li/

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Adverb

quietly (comparative more quietly, superlative most quietly)

1. In a quiet manner.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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

Derived terms

• go quietly

Translations

in a quiet manner

• Arabic: بِهُدُوء (bihudūʔ)
• 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／安静地 (zh) (ānjìng de)

• Czech: tiše (cs)
• Esperanto: silente (silently), kviete (calmly)
• Finnish: hiljaa (fi), hiljaisesti (fi)
• French: paisablement, tranquillement (fr), quiètement (fr) (literary)
• Georgian: წყნარად (c̣q̇narad), ჩუმად (čumad)
• German: ruhig (de), leise (de)

  Alemannic German: liis, liisli

• Greek: αθόρυβα (el) (athóryva)

  Ancient: σιγῇ (sigêi), σιωπῇ (siōpêi), ἀκήν (akḗn)

• 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
• Marathi: शांतपणे (śāntapṇe)
• Nahuatl: yocoxquia
• Northern Sami: jaska
• Polish: cicho (pl)
• Portuguese: silenciosamente (pt)
• Russian: ти́хо (ru) (tíxo), сми́рно (ru) (smírno)
• Sanskrit: तूष्णीम् (sa) (tūṣṇīm)
• Scottish Gaelic: os ìosal
• Serbo-Croatian: tȉho (sh), ти̏хо
• Slovak: ticho
• Slovene: tiho
• Spanish: mansamente (es), despacio (es)
• Tocharian B: ām
• Ukrainian: ти́хо (týxo)