QUIETLY

adv.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
adv.

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

2.
adv.

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

3.
adv.

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

4.
adv.

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


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