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adverb

Quietly adv.

In a quiet state or manner; without motion; in a state of rest; as, to lie or sit quietly.

Without tumult, alarm, dispute, or disturbance; peaceably; as, to live quietly; to sleep quietly.

Calmly, without agitation or violent emotion; patiently; as, to submit quietly to unavoidable evils.

Noiselessly; silently; without remark or violent movement; in a manner to attract little or no observation; as, he quietly left the room.

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"Quietly" Quotes from Famous Books

... following day in drifting quietly around the lake, floating lazily in the little bays, under the shadow of the tall trees, and lounging upon small islands, gathering the low-bush whortleberries which grew in abundance upon them. We filled our tin pails with this delicious fruit for a dessert for our evening ...

— Wild Northern Scenes - Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod • S. H. Hammond

... my dear Monsieur de Baisemeaux," Aramis replied, quietly. "It appears that you were ...

— The Man in the Iron Mask • Alexandre Dumas, Pere

... than you think, This evening more than usual, and it seems As if—forgive now—should you let me sit Here by the window with your hand in mine And look a half-hour forth on Fiesole, Both of one mind, as married people use, Quietly, quietly the evening through, I might get up to-morrow to my work Cheerful and fresh as ever. Let us try. To-morrow, how you shall be glad for this! Your soft hand is a woman of itself, And mine the man's ...

— Robert Browning: How To Know Him • William Lyon Phelps

... book came out ("The Wealthy Citizens of Philadelphia"), I was jogging on very quietly. Nobody seemed to be aware of the fact that I was a rich man, and I had no suspicion of the thing myself. But, strange to tell, I awoke one morning and found myself worth seventy thousand dollars! I shall never forget that day. Men who had passed me in the street with ...

— Friends and Neighbors - or Two Ways of Living in the World • Anonymous

... warning, she pushed Jacky away from her, and began to wring her hands and moan as she bent over the fire. Mr Sudberry seized the opportunity to decamp. He led Jacky quietly out of the hut, and made for the White House at as rapid a pace as the darkness of the night would allow. As they walked home, father and sons felt as if they had recently held familiar converse with a ghost ...

— Freaks on the Fells - Three Months' Rustication • R.M. Ballantyne

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