quiescently


qui·es·cent

Q0031200 (kwē-ĕs′ənt, kwī-)adj.1. Quiet, still, or inactive. See Synonyms at inactive.2. Characterized by an absence of upheaval or discord: "We tend to think of the decades following the final overthrow of Napoleon as remarkably quiescent" (Walter McDougall).3. Astronomy Having little or no sunspot activity.4. Medicine Asymptomatic: a quiescent infection.
[Latin quiēscēns, quiēscent-, present participle of quiēscere, to rest, from quiēs, quiet; see quiet.]
qui·es′cence n.qui·es′cent·ly adv.