quietly

Adverb

• In a quiet manner; with little noise.
• with low volume
  • "she spoke quietly to the child"
• with little or no sound
  • "the class was listening quietly and intently"
  • "she was crying quietly"
• with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')
  • "her hands rested quietly in her lap"
  • "the rock star was quietly led out the back door"
• in a restful manner

Adv

• In a quiet manner.

Examples

• She QUIETLY placed her high-scoring word, hoping no one would notice her strategic triple-word score.

Synonyms

quiet, restfully, softly

Antonyms

loudly, noisily, unquietly