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Synonyms for quietly
qui·et·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
softly, quietlyadverb
with low volume
"speak softly but carry a big stick"; "she spoke quietly to the child"; "the radio was playing softly"
quietlyadverb
with little or no sound
"the class was listening quietly and intently"; "she was crying quietly"
quietly, quietadverb
with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')
"her hands rested quietly in her lap"; "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"; "sit here as quiet as you can"
restfully, quietlyadverb
in a restful manner
"the streets are restfully sunny and still for the town is at mass"
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "quietly":
calmly, discreetly, silently, discretely, peacefully, unobtrusively, stealthily, gently
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#3763 | piano | |
#4205 | quiet | |
#9515 | gently | |
#11723 | lightly | |
#11864 | quietly | |
#15886 | softly | |
#19505 | silently | |
#26346 | peacefully | |
#28683 | calmly | |
#44968 | discreetly | |
#69499 | stealthily | |
#80464 | discretely | |
#106382 | unobtrusively |
How to use quietly in a sentence?
She had saved over the course of time, lived responsibly and frugally and gave back quietly without the expectation of much fanfare and recognition, and I think that's the beauty of her story, is that she didn't have this expectation of grand recognition and celebration.
We have a situation where we're looking very strongly at sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms where you turn the faucet on -- and in areas where there's tremendous amounts of water, where the water rushes out to sea because you could never handle it, and you don't get any water, you turn on the faucet and you don't get any water. They take a shower and water comes dripping out. Just dripping out, very quietly dripping out.
We were wrongly arrested for 14 years without any charge against us but we are not looking for revenge. We want to live in Ghana quietly and peacefully and we want to put our life together.
We're still in 1959, that's the beauty of the city, and eventually all of this is going to change, real estate developers from the U.S. have been flying to Cuba very quietly, taking notes, taking photos and putting together their Cuba investment plans. I don't blame them. There are a lot of opportunities here.
I learned...that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic striving, but it comes into us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little chance to start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and idleness.
Translations for quietly
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- ці́хаBelarusian
- silenciosamentCatalan, Valencian
- ruhig, leiseGerman
- kviete, silenteEsperanto
- mansamenteSpanish
- hiljaa, hiljaisestiFinnish
- paisablement, tranquillementFrench
- os ìosalScottish Gaelic
- կամաց, հանգիստArmenian
- silenceIdo
- 静かJapanese
- ಸದ್ದಿಲ್ಲದೆKannada
- cichoPolish
- silenciosamentePortuguese
- ти́хо, сми́рноRussian
- tȉho, ти̏хоSerbo-Croatian
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