quietly
/ˈkwʌɪətli
/adverb
In a quiet manner: he worked quietly and diligently [as submodifier]: she was quietly confident that they’d win...
- He is quietly confident that he is steering the economic juggernaut in the right direction.
- Whether he can turn a club around as easily as he can a game remains to be seen but he's quietly confident.
- We went into the game quietly confident that we could win it but we paid a high price.
Synonyms
silently, in silence, noiselessly, soundlessly, inaudibly;
mutely, dumbly, tacitly
literary stilly
softly, making little noise, in a low voice, in low/hushed/muted/subdued tones, in a whisper/murmur/mumble, murmuringly, under one's breath, in an undertone, sotto voce, gently, faintly, weakly, feebly
discreetly, privately, confidentially, secretly, unofficially, off the record, between ourselves, between you and me (and the bedpost/gatepost/doorpost/wall)
unobtrusively, unostentatiously, unpretentiously, with restraint, with reserve, conservatively, soberly, modestly, demurely, plainly
calmly, patiently, placidly, serenely, undemonstratively, unemotionally, unassumingly
Phrases
just quietly
- precompression
- preconceited
- preconceive
- preconceived
- preconception
- preconceptional
- preconceptual
- preconcert
- pre-conciliar
- precondemn
- precondemnation
- precondensate
- precondense
- precondition
- precondylar
- pre-Confederation
- preconfigure
- preconform
- preconformity
- preconise
- preconization
- preconize
- pre-connubial
- preconquer
- pre-Conqueror