quietly
/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/
quietly adverb: producing little or no noise.
Adverb
quietly (comparative more quietly, superlative most quietly)
- Producing little or no noise.
- 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.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Antonyms:
- loudly
- Without attracting attention.
- "Since hypertension doesn't usually cause symptoms, it flies below the radar, quietly damaging the vessels that deliver blood to your body and brain and increasing your risk of being blindsided by a heart attack or stroke."2026, Ginny Graves, quoting Rishi K. Wadhera, “The Most Important Health Metric You're Not Tracking”, in Men's Health, volume 41, number 2, page 18
quietly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
quietly in Hindi
- producing little or no noise
- चुपके cupke
quietly in Tamil
- வினையுரிச்சொல், அமைதியான முறையில்
quietly in Marathi
- producing little or no noise
- शांतपणे śāntapṇe
quietly in Urdu
- quietly
- آہستہ āhista
More languagesFewer languages
- quietly in Bengali
- চুপচাপ, শান্তভাবে
- quietly in Telugu
- చప్పగా cappagā
- quietly in Malayalam
- ശാന്തമായി, മൗനമായി, സമാധാനമായി
- quietly in Kannada
- ಸುಮ್ಮಗೆ
- quietly in Gujarati
- ચુપચાપ cupcāp
- quietly in Sanskrit
- तूष्णीम् tūṣṇīm
- quietly in Assamese
- লাহে ধীৰে lahe dhire
- quietly in Arabic
- بِهُدُوء bihudūʔ
Examples of quietly in a sentence
- She was sitting there quietly, then all of a sudden she upped and left.
- With all his usual subtlety, he quietly fixed the problem before anyone else noticed it.
- As they were being decoyed, the rescue team carried the hostage and quietly slipped away.
Antonyms of quietly
Forms of quietly
| comparative | more quietly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most quietly |
Origin of quietly
From Middle English quietely, quyetly, equivalent to quiet + -ly.
Words formed from quietly
Phrases with quietly
Questions about quietly
- What does quietly mean?
- Quietly means producing little or no noise.
- What is quietly in Hindi?
- Quietly in Hindi is चुपके (cupke). See Quietly meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is quietly?
- Quietly is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce quietly?
- Quietly is pronounced /ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/.
Words near quietly in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: quietly (page history and authors); quietly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); آہستہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); quietly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చప్పగా (Telugu) (page history and authors); quietly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); quietly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ચુપચાપ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); লাহে ধীৰে (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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