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quietly English

Meaning quietly meaning

What does quietly mean?
Definitions in simple English

quietly

If you do something quietly, you do it without much noise or in a quiet way.

quietly

(= softly) with low volume speak softly but carry a big stick she spoke quietly to the child the radio was playing softly with little or no sound the class was listening quietly and intently she was crying quietly (= quiet) 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) in a restful manner the streets are restfully sunny and still for the town is at mass

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Simple sentences

He walked quietly.
Speak more quietly.
Mary closed the door quietly.
Jim went into the room quietly lest he should wake the baby.
Please close the door quietly.
I shut the door quietly so as not to wake the baby.
They spoke quietly so as not to wake the baby.
The baby appeared to be sleeping quietly.
He can move quietly and quickly.
He came in quietly in order not to wake the family.
He went very quietly came into close contact.
Jim entered the room quietly so he wouldn't wake the baby.
Move quietly.
Speak more quietly, please.
My grandfather wants to live quietly for the rest of his life.
He quietly knocked at the door.
He closed the door quietly behind him.
She quietly entered the room.
He quietly knocked on the door.
He quietly said goodbye.

Movie subtitles

It is for the best that we just quietly let this go.
What have we said about standing places, quietly waiting for people?
When I spoke to your father he thanked me for doing it quickly and quietly because of the money he'll save.
They can do it all quietly.
Well, now is the time for you to let me be quietly determined and independent.
Meanwhile, we'll just sit quietly here until the squad van arrives.
Please, go home quietly.
They're very excellent, good people, and they've lived quietly in that cottage for 30 years.
Supposing the people inside were dead, all stretched out with the lights quietly burning about them.
Come along, quietly.
Come quietly.
Come along, now. Come quietly, unless you want me to put the handcuffs on.
I'll have you driven quietly back here.
But don't you think a corespondent ought to come to work quietly?
They can do it all quietly. No one will know.
I'll go quietly, officer.
You'd better come along quietly.
Will all those who are not of the Fourth Circle. please leave as quietly as possible?
Come along quietly.
Now, are you coming quietly?
Take it more quietly, father. Then you'll remember. I'm afraid Mr. Wickfield is a little careless.
However, to please her, I thought you might investigate the matter quietly.
Then walk quietly out leaving you holding the bag for Robert's murder.
Well, suppose we all go about this thing quietly.
Let's all sit down and talk things over quietly.
In which case, send for me quietly.
Open the door. quietly!
I'll talk quietly to Princess-- No, Mom.
Paula. What have we said about standing places, quietly waiting for people?
And when you've got what you want, leave quietly.
Don, please. Quietly.
Just move on quietly and don't create any disturbance and nobody's going to get hurt.
Quietly, people.
Will you go quietly, or must I call Mr. Ounce?
I'll go quietly.

News and current affairs

But as they hunt down and kill violent domestic extremists, they are quietly tightening the noose around all those who want moderate reform.
Often quietly, America and European nations are sharing intelligence, capturing terrorists, and disrupting their finances.
Google, which is quietly testing the car-insurance waters, holds a banking license.
Far from suffering an irreversible decline in its fortunes, the EU has been has been conducting business as usual, quietly getting on with the job of constructing new policies and projects.
Cocom provided an opportunity to settle squabbles and plug loopholes quietly.
So far, Musharraf has accepted his diminishing stature quietly - though he has few other options.
There are reports that European leaders have told the US that if they get Wolfowitz to step down quickly and quietly, they will be allowed to choose Wolfowitz's successor.
In 1987, the Chinese government quietly launched a program of self-governance at the village level.
In today's global economy small countries can prosper quietly trading with the rest of the world: there does not exist any advantage in terms of the size of the domestic market.
Unique among his Republican peers, after 2001 he spoke - quietly in public, but loudly in private - against the Bush administration's feckless fiscal policies.
Politicians will not sit quietly, however, if the Fed attempts to raise rates.
The Bush administration's face-saving rhetoric that it had rushed to push together the core group in the absence of other efforts was quietly let to pass.
The FSB, along with the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, has been quietly considering new mechanisms for monitoring implementation of standards, particularly in the context of Basel III rules.
Nevertheless, the traditional doors separating academia from industry are being quietly dismantled - sometimes even smashed down.
The big BMW story of late 2003 resurfaced quietly, before being buried again forever.
As a result, India has quietly begun to strengthen its military ties to countries in the region, particularly Tajikistan, where it has a small base.
Given China's proclivity for strategic stealth, even its work on the Gwadar port was launched quietly.
Aware of the danger that Schroeder may pick a dubious candidate for Issing's post, senior ECB officials are already quietly discussing ways to outmaneuver him.
Some of its members are quietly asking themselves whether there is a future for them in the land of human rights.
But Carson says them quietly, which may be why his favorability rating in Iowa is higher than that of his Republican competitors (pulling even with Trump in one poll).
Politicians would adopt the Baptists' pious rhetoric, while quietly taking campaign contributions from the criminals.
This, too, has been accepted reasonably calmly, if not always quietly, by China, and has not undermined the continuing growth in bilateral economic relationships that every country in the region is developing with China.
While international attention has been understandably focused on events in Darfur, Somalia and Zimbabwe, countries across the continent including Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Liberia have been quietly turning their economies around.

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