See Also: quietly(dictionary)
quietly(dictionary)

quietly (oh)



without making much noise
::Rosa shut the door quietly.
::'I'm sorry,' she said quietly.
::a quietly-spoken man (=one who always speaks quietly)
in a way that does not attract attention
::The mayor had been aiming to quietly turn over control of the city's water to private business interests.
::The government hoped that their early mishandling of the crisis could be quietly forgotten .
without protesting, complaining, or fighting
::Now are you gonna come quietly , or do I have to use force?
::Speculation is growing that Grogan will be replaced at the end of the season, and he is unlikely to go quietly .
quietly confident
especially BrE fairly confident of success, but without talking proudly about it
::Adam came out of the interview feeling quietly confident.