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Synonyms for quietly
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Princeton's WordNet
softly, quietly(adverb)
with low volume
"speak softly but carry a big stick"; "she spoke quietly to the child"; "the radio was playing softly"
quietly(adverb)
with little or no sound
"the class was listening quietly and intently"; "she was crying quietly"
quietly, quiet(adverb)
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, quietly(adverb)
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
rank | word | |
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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?
Aziz is highly critical of the Pakistani government but Islamabad knows he commands a sizable following and claim they have no legal grounds to arrest or convict him. Ultimately, they’ve decided it’s best to avoid stirring the hornet’s nest, even if means quietly allowing the swarm to proliferate, ideally, Pakistan would pass legislation or criminal justice reforms outlawing the type of hate speech espoused by Aziz and his ilk, and then deal with them through the appropriate legal mechanisms.
You get really excited and make changes, and then very quietly you go back to the clutter.
The highest happiness of man ... is to have probed what is knowable and quietly to revere what is unknowable.
There have been other people saying those price points, but a little bit more quietly. This is helping to reinforce that's the place we're going.
If there's a glen, a cluster of trees, find a place to stop and lay on your back or sit quietly and absolutely still and listen.
Translations for quietly
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- ці́хаBelarusian
- silenciosamentCatalan, Valencian
- leise, ruhigGerman
- silente, kvieteEsperanto
- mansamenteSpanish
- hiljaa, hiljaisestiFinnish
- paisablement, tranquillementFrench
- os ìosalScottish Gaelic
- կամաց, հանգիստArmenian
- silenceIdo
- 静かJapanese
- ಸದ್ದಿಲ್ಲದೆKannada
- cichoPolish
- silenciosamentePortuguese
- сми́рно, ти́хоRussian
- ти̏хо, tȉhoSerbo-Croatian
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