quietlikeadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈkwʌɪətlʌɪk/, U.S.

/ˈkwaɪətˌlaɪk/, Scottish English

/ˈkwʌiətlʌik/

Forms: see quiet adj. and adv. and -like suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quiet adj., -like suffix.

Etymology: < quiet adj. + -like suffix. With use as adverb compare earlier quietly adv., quiet adv.In some or all of the examples below the formation may have been influenced by the parenthetic use of like adv. (see sense 6a at that entry).

Originally Scottish (also English regional and U.S. in later use).

A. adj.

Apparently quiet or peaceful.

ΚΠ

1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth I. ix. 207 ‘How is she ill?’ said he, much alarmed. ‘Quite quiet-like, sir; but I think she is dying.’

1892 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 3 Oct. These seats on the porch..with the vines hangin over this way makes it 'most as shut in and quietlike as a bedroom.

1902 N.E.D. (at cited word) Your horse is a quietlike beast.

1999 AMC: Go, tell it to Martin in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (Usenet newsgroup) 2 Nov. Although he tries to act all sweet and quietlike, it turns out she's not too pleased with his recent attempts at stalking her.

B. adv.

Quietly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adverb] > silently

stillyc1000

stilla1225

softlyc1330

whistlya1400

silentlya1425

coylyc1475

quietly1488

still1535

huishtly1548

whishtly1548

mutely1587

silentially1627

statuelike1640

tacitly1643

noiselessly1794

soundlessly1837

soundless1844

mouse-like1874

quietlike1909

1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge iii, in Graphic 9 Jan. 42/1 I can mind every serious fight o' married parties, every murder, every manslaughter, even every pocket-picking—leastwise large ones—that 't has been my lot to witness. But a selling? Was it done quiet-like?

1909 J. Masefield Trag. Nan ii, in Trag. Nan & Other Plays 31 He was fiddlin' quiet-like, all the time 'e were a-singing.

1945 L. Saxon et al. Gumbo Ya-Ya iii. 65 The old woman looked at her for a minute, then she said, quiet-like, ‘Well, I'm a son of a bitch!’

1992 G. M. Fraser Quartered Safe out Here 29 Use yer loaf, man, Jap's nut that bloody stupid! Usually, 'e let's the scout ga through, or waits till 'e's reet inside the position an' then lays 'im oot, quiet-like.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quietlike
释义	quietlikeadj.adv. Brit. /ˈkwʌɪətlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˈkwaɪətˌlaɪk/, Scottish English /ˈkwʌiətlʌik/ Forms: see quiet adj. and adv. and -like suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: quiet adj., -like suffix. Etymology: < quiet adj. + -like suffix. With use as adverb compare earlier quietly adv., quiet adv.In some or all of the examples below the formation may have been influenced by the parenthetic use of like adv. (see sense 6a at that entry). Originally Scottish (also English regional and U.S. in later use). A. adj. Apparently quiet or peaceful. ΚΠ 1853 E. C. Gaskell Ruth I. ix. 207 ‘How is she ill?’ said he, much alarmed. ‘Quite quiet-like, sir; but I think she is dying.’ 1892 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 3 Oct. These seats on the porch..with the vines hangin over this way makes it 'most as shut in and quietlike as a bedroom. 1902 N.E.D. (at cited word) Your horse is a quietlike beast. 1999 AMC: Go, tell it to Martin in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc (Usenet newsgroup) 2 Nov. Although he tries to act all sweet and quietlike, it turns out she's not too pleased with his recent attempts at stalking her. B. adv. Quietly. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > inaudibility > [adverb] > silently stillyc1000 stilla1225 softlyc1330 whistlya1400 silentlya1425 coylyc1475 quietly1488 still1535 huishtly1548 whishtly1548 mutely1587 silentially1627 statuelike1640 tacitly1643 noiselessly1794 soundlessly1837 soundless1844 mouse-like1874 quietlike1909 1886 T. Hardy Mayor of Casterbridge iii, in Graphic 9 Jan. 42/1 I can mind every serious fight o' married parties, every murder, every manslaughter, even every pocket-picking—leastwise large ones—that 't has been my lot to witness. But a selling? Was it done quiet-like? 1909 J. Masefield Trag. Nan ii, in Trag. Nan & Other Plays 31 He was fiddlin' quiet-like, all the time 'e were a-singing. 1945 L. Saxon et al. Gumbo Ya-Ya iii. 65 The old woman looked at her for a minute, then she said, quiet-like, ‘Well, I'm a son of a bitch!’ 1992 G. M. Fraser Quartered Safe out Here 29 Use yer loaf, man, Jap's nut that bloody stupid! Usually, 'e let's the scout ga through, or waits till 'e's reet inside the position an' then lays 'im oot, quiet-like. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1853
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