"quietly" meaning in English

See quietly in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/, /ˈkwaɪ.ət.li/ (note: weak vowel merger) Audio: en-us-quietly.ogg [US] Forms: more quietly [comparative], most quietly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English quietely, quyetly, equivalent to quiet + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quietely}} Middle English quietely, {{m|enm|quyetly}} quyetly, {{suf|en|quiet|ly|id2=adverbial}} quiet + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} quietly (comparative more quietly, superlative most quietly)
  1. In a quiet manner. Derived forms: go quietly Translations (in a quiet manner): σιγῇ (sigêi) (Ancient Greek), σιωπῇ (siōpêi) (Ancient Greek), ἀκήν (akḗn) (Ancient Greek), بِهُدُوء (bihudūʔ) (Arabic), կամաց (kamacʻ) (Armenian), հանգիստ (hangist) (Armenian), ці́ха (cíxa) (Belarusian), ти́хо (tího) (Bulgarian), silenciosament (Catalan), 悄悄地 (qiāoqiāo de) (Chinese Mandarin), 安靜地 (Chinese Mandarin), 安静地 (ānjìng de) (Chinese Mandarin), tiše (Czech), silente (english: silently) (Esperanto), kviete (english: calmly) (Esperanto), hiljaa (Finnish), hiljaisesti (Finnish), paisablement (French), tranquillement (French), quiètement [literary] (French), წყნარად (c̣q̇narad) (Georgian), ჩუმად (čumad) (Georgian), ruhig (German), leise (German), liis [Alemannic-German] (German), liisli [Alemannic-German] (German), αθόρυβα (athóryva) (Greek), silence (Ido), 静かに (shizuka ni) (alt: しずかに) (Japanese), 조용하게 (joyonghage) (Korean), 조용히 (joyonghi) (Korean), тивко (tivko) (Macedonian), māika (Maori), शांतपणे (śāntapṇe) (Marathi), yocoxquia (Nahuatl), jaska (Northern Sami), cicho (Polish), silenciosamente (Portuguese), ти́хо (tíxo) (Russian), сми́рно (smírno) (Russian), तूष्णीम् (tūṣṇīm) (Sanskrit), os ìosal (Scottish Gaelic), tȉho (Serbo-Croatian), ти̏хо (Serbo-Croatian), ticho (Slovak), tiho (Slovene), mansamente (Spanish), despacio (Spanish), ām (Tocharian B), ти́хо (týxo) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for quietly meaning in English (7.3kB)

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "loudly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "quietely"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English quietely",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "quyetly"
      },
      "expansion": "quyetly",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "quiet",
        "3": "ly",
        "id2": "adverbial"
      },
      "expansion": "quiet + -ly",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English quietely, quyetly, equivalent to quiet + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more quietly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most quietly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "quietly (comparative more quietly, superlative most quietly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Belarusian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "go quietly"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a quiet manner."
      ],
      "id": "en-quietly-en-adv-BDT5CIfm",
      "links": [
        [
          "quiet",
          "quiet"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "bihudūʔ",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "بِهُدُوء"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kamacʻ",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "կամաց"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "hangist",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "հանգիստ"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "cíxa",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "ці́ха"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "tího",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "ти́хо"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "silenciosament"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiāoqiāo de",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "悄悄地"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "安靜地"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ānjìng de",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "安静地"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "tiše"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "english": "silently",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "silente"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "english": "calmly",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "kviete"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "hiljaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "hiljaisesti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "paisablement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "tranquillement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "quiètement"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "c̣q̇narad",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "წყნარად"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "čumad",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "ჩუმად"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "ruhig"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "leise"
        },
        {
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "liis"
        },
        {
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German"
          ],
          "word": "liisli"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "athóryva",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "αθόρυβα"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sigêi",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "σιγῇ"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "siōpêi",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "σιωπῇ"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "akḗn",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "ἀκήν"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "silence"
        },
        {
          "alt": "しずかに",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shizuka ni",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "静かに"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "joyonghage",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "조용하게"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "joyonghi",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "조용히"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tivko",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "тивко"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "māika"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "śāntapṇe",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "शांतपणे"
        },
        {
          "code": "nah",
          "lang": "Nahuatl",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "yocoxquia"
        },
        {
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "jaska"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "cicho"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "silenciosamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tíxo",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "ти́хо"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "smírno",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "сми́рно"
        },
        {
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "tūṣṇīm",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "तूष्णीम्"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "os ìosal"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "tȉho"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "ти̏хо"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "ticho"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "tiho"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "mansamente"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "despacio"
        },
        {
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "ām"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "týxo",
          "sense": "in a quiet manner",
          "word": "ти́хо"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwaɪ.ət.li/",
      "note": "weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-quietly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/En-us-quietly.ogg/En-us-quietly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/En-us-quietly.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quietly"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "loudly"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "go quietly"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "quietely"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English quietely",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "quyetly"
      },
      "expansion": "quyetly",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "quiet",
        "3": "ly",
        "id2": "adverbial"
      },
      "expansion": "quiet + -ly",
      "name": "suf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English quietely, quyetly, equivalent to quiet + -ly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more quietly",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most quietly",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "quietly (comparative more quietly, superlative most quietly)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Belarusian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Ukrainian terms with redundant script codes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In a quiet manner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quiet",
          "quiet"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkwaɪ.ət.li/",
      "note": "weak vowel merger"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-quietly.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/28/En-us-quietly.ogg/En-us-quietly.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/En-us-quietly.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bihudūʔ",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "بِهُدُوء"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kamacʻ",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "կամաց"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hangist",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "հանգիստ"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cíxa",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "ці́ха"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tího",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "ти́хо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "silenciosament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiāoqiāo de",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "悄悄地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "安靜地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ānjìng de",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "安静地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "tiše"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "english": "silently",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "silente"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "english": "calmly",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "kviete"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "hiljaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "hiljaisesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "paisablement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "tranquillement"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "quiètement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "c̣q̇narad",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "წყნარად"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "čumad",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "ჩუმად"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "ruhig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "leise"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "liis"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German"
      ],
      "word": "liisli"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "athóryva",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "αθόρυβα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sigêi",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "σιγῇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "siōpêi",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "σιωπῇ"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "akḗn",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "ἀκήν"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "silence"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しずかに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shizuka ni",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "静かに"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "joyonghage",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "조용하게"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "joyonghi",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "조용히"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tivko",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "тивко"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "māika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "śāntapṇe",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "शांतपणे"
    },
    {
      "code": "nah",
      "lang": "Nahuatl",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "yocoxquia"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "jaska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "cicho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "silenciosamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tíxo",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "ти́хо"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smírno",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "сми́рно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tūṣṇīm",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "तूष्णीम्"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "os ìosal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "tȉho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "ти̏хо"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "ticho"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "tiho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "mansamente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "despacio"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "ām"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "týxo",
      "sense": "in a quiet manner",
      "word": "ти́хо"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quietly"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.