quietly

adverb

/ˈkwaɪətli/

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in a way that makes very little noise
- to ask/speak/talk quietly
- to move/stand quietly
- a quietly spoken woman
- 'I'm sorry,' she said quietly.
in a peaceful way; without being interrupted
- I spent a few hours quietly relaxing.
- He noticed the woman sitting quietly at the bar.
without many people or much noise or activity
- Sometimes a business begins quietly, as a hobby maybe, in a spare bedroom.
in a definite, but not obvious, way
- He is quietly confident that they can succeed (= he is confident, but he is not talking about it too much).

单词	quietly
释义	quietly adverb /ˈkwaɪətli/ /ˈkwaɪətli/ jump to other results in a way that makes very little noise to ask/speak/talk quietly to move/stand quietly a quietly spoken woman 'I'm sorry,' she said quietly. in a peaceful way; without being interrupted I spent a few hours quietly relaxing. He noticed the woman sitting quietly at the bar. without many people or much noise or activity Sometimes a business begins quietly, as a hobby maybe, in a spare bedroom. in a definite, but not obvious, way He is quietly confident that they can succeed (= he is confident, but he is not talking about it too much).
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