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quiet 2, noun(dictionary)
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quiet(2) (iou)



quiet noun. ME.
[Old French quiete, Anglo-Norman quiete, from Latin quiet-, quies rest, repose, quiet.]
Absence of disturbance in social or political life; peace as opp. to war or strife. ME.
Burke Why is not the nation's quiet secured?
Freedom from personal disturbance or interruption, esp. by others; rest, repose. ME.
A. Price Desperate to get back to the loving quiet of his home. P. Auster He wants to be left alone..all he wants is peace and quiet.
Absence of excessive noise or motion in the surrounding environment; silence; stillness, tranquillity. LME.
H. Allen The profound quiet which precedes the first stir of dawn. K. Ishiguro My country house and the quiet that surrounds it.
Freedom from mental agitation or excitement; peace of mind. arch. L15.
The condition of remaining quiet or refraining from excessive noise, exertion, etc. M16.
F. Norris Turbulent in trifling matters, when actual..danger threatened he was of an abnormal quiet. A. Lurie She warned him to observe quiet in the hallways.
Phrases: at quiet, at a good quiet (now Scot.) in a state of calm or repose; at rest. on the quiet colloq. privately, in secret; unobtrusively.