quiescentlyadv.

1739 Preservative against Doctr. Mr. Whitefield 6 Where These are not readily and quiescently submitted to, greater Demands are still made, under the Prostituted Name of Religion.

1805 J. Foster Ess. ii. iii. 146 Quiescently regarding the conclusions.

1844 Southern Literary Messenger 10 151/1 The American name is not in such pleasant odour in Europe, that we may fold our hands quiescently.

1887 C. Mackay Twin Soul I. xiii. 131 They float quiescently upon the fleecy clouds.

1900 Dubuque (Iowa) Daily Herald 30 Oct. 5/6 He sat in dignified silence while the police looked on quiescently.

1956 A. Valentine Trial Balance i. i. 25 One did not go out looking for friendships... One waited quiescently for whatever human relationships circumstances would bring.

2001 S. Walton Out of It (2002) i. 12 Ways in which rational individuals exercise an impact on the realities in which they are anchored, as opposed to quiescently accepting their circumstances.