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Meaning of word quietly from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

quietly adverb

Meaning : With low volume.

Example : Speak softly but carry a big stick.
She spoke quietly to the child.
The radio was playing softly.

Synonyms : softly

With relatively high volume.

The band played loudly.
She spoke loudly and angrily.
He spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him.
Cried aloud for help.
aloud, loud, loudly

Meaning : With little or no sound.

Example : The class was listening quietly and intently.
She was crying quietly.

With much noise or loud and unpleasant sound.

He blew his nose noisily.
noisily

Meaning : With little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly').

Example : Her hands rested quietly in her lap.
The rock star was quietly led out the back door.
Sit here as quiet as you can.

Synonyms : quiet

With agitation or turbulence.

unquietly

Meaning : In a restful manner.

Example : The streets are restfully sunny and still for the town is at mass.

Synonyms : restfully

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palatine bone (noun)
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

palsgrave (noun)
(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

palatal (noun)
A semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word `yeast').

bog down (verb)
Get stuck while doing something.

palatalized (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

lumbering (noun)
The trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber.

palatine (noun)
Any of various important officials in ancient Rome.

palatalised (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

os palatinum (noun)
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

wick (noun)
Any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action.

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