Meaning

2 senses
  1. Producing little or no noise.

    ruhig, leise

    ти́хоtíxo, сми́рноsmírno

    ти́хоtýxo

    with little or no sound

  2. Without attracting attention.

Examples

439 sentences
  1. Tom quietly closed the bedroom door.

    Том тихо зачинив двері до спальні. — deniko

    ruТом тихо закрыл дверь в спальню. — sharptoothed

    deTom schloss leise die Schlafzimmertür. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom quietly knocked on the door.

    Том тихо постукав у двері. — deniko

    ruТом тихо постучал в дверь. — fjay69

    deTom klopfte leise an die Tür. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Tom asked Mary to do that quietly.

    Том попросив Мері зробити це тихенько. — deniko

  4. Please close the door quietly.

    Будь ласка, тихенько зачини двері. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, закрой дверь тихо. — afyodor

    deDie Tür bitte leise schließen! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Tom and Mary talked quietly.

    Том та Мері розмовляли тихо. — deniko

    ruТом и Мэри разговаривали тихо. — sharptoothed

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
producing little or no noise:
Русский
By meaning 1
producing little or no noise:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
producing little or no noise:

Origin

From Middle English quietely, quyetly, equivalent to quiet + -ly.

From Middle English quietely, quyetly, equivalent to quiet + -ly.

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Forms

more quietly, most quietly
Comparativemore quietly Lesson
Superlativemost quietly

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • with little or no activity or no agitation (‘quiet’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘quietly’):quiet
  • with low volume:softly
  • in a restful manner:restfully

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedquiet
Derivedgo quietly

Collocations

10 patterns
  • as quietly as
  • the door quietly
  • door quietly
  • spoke quietly
  • speak more quietly
  • sat quietly
  • more quietly
  • talked quietly
  • quietly in the
  • listened quietly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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