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unˈquietly, adv. [un-1 11, 5 b.] Without being or keeping quiet; restlessly; esp. with disquiet or discomfort (of body or mind); uneasily.
c1510Barclay Mirr. Gd. Manners (1570) G iij, Least his giftes..augment envy And cause him liue after much more vnquietly. 1565Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Inconstanter, To be alway mouyng vnconstantly and vnquietly. 1592Chettle Kind-harts Dr. (1841) 33 My quiet ghost (vn⁓quietly disturbed). 1605Shakes. Lear iii. i. 2 Kent. Who's there besides foule weather? Gen. One minded like the weather, most vnquietly. 1640Bp. Hall Chr. Moder. i. xi. 109 When he was asked, what man lived most unquietly. 1671Salmon Syn. Med. i. xxxviii. 86 They sleep little, and that unquietly. 1715J. Chappelow Rt. way Rich (1717) 79 The one bears the Trouble very unquietly. 1797Coleridge Christabel i. 323 If she move unquietly [in sleep]. 1800Med. Jrnl. III. 520 He slept very unquietly, and the pain..extended up towards his shoulders. 1881Atlantic Monthly XLIX. 51 Nell started, as from a dream, and then laughed slightly, but unquietly. |