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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for quietly

with low volume

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with little or no sound

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with little or no activity or no agitation ('quiet' is a nonstandard variant for 'quietly')

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in a restful manner

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"And now thou must lie by quietly this day, and tonight, at ten o'clock, Phineas Fletcher will carry thee onward to the next stand,--thee and the rest of they company.
"Do you want to be a gentleman, to spite her or to gain her over?" Biddy quietly asked me, after a pause.
They passed by me without noticing me, began to dig up a corpse which had been buried that day, and then sat down on the edge of the grave, to enjoy their frightful repast, talking quietly and cheerfully all the while, though I was too far off to hear what they said.
A short time after Amina entered as quietly as she had gone out.
"Amina," I said, as quietly as possible, "you must have guessed the surprise I felt, when the day after our marriage you declined to eat anything but a few morsels of rice, and altogether behaved in such a manner that most husbands would have been deeply wounded.
Presently the dry wood sent out a flame which illuminated every crevice, and Mary saw that the old man was lying quietly with his head turned a little on one side.
Instead of doing the job quietly, it announces loud and clear how many lights it is switching off.
Even more surprising, she quietly lay on the ground, not moving, as I tried to free her, I realized that my hands were in the wrong position to free her foot, and I had to let go of her to reposition my hands.
Google is quietly disbanding a panel in the UK formed to evaluate its artificial intelligence work in health care amid disputes between panel members and DeepMind over access to information, the binding power of recommendations and the amount of independence DeepMind could retain from Google, the Wall Street Journal's Parmy Olson reports, citing people familiar with the matter.
'The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all.
On Monday, Duterte revealed that the government is quietly probing the transactions of Trillanes' parents with the Navy.
This is folk quietly stocking up on tins of food in case of shortages when we leave the EU.
The former England international football goalkeeper said he is "quietly optimistic" for the team's chances.
It's also not saying goodbye quietly: British DJ Example will perform on the last day, along with David Craig, Charl Chaka, Adam Baluch and resident DJ David de Luca for a day-long party starting at 11am.