单词 | quietly |
释义 | quietly (once / 92 pages) adv WORD FAMILY quiet: disquiet, quieted, quieten, quieter, quietest, quieting, quietingly, quietism, quietly, quietness, quiets, unquiet+/disquiet: disquieted, disquieting, disquiets/disquieted: disquietedly/disquieting: disquietingly/quieten: quietened, quietening, quietens/quietism: quietist/quietist: quietists/quietness: quietnesses/unquiet: unquietest, unquietly USAGE EXAMPLESStudy results also indicate that by raising cardiac output back to normal resting levels, RMR returns to normal levels while individuals are sitting quietly. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Despite the complaints, the Vatican agency that oversees its real estate holdings approved a lease, and the restaurant quietly opened last week without public protests. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Dr. Michael E. Busha, a primary care physician at IU Health in Indianapolis, asked quietly as he updated Mr. Johnson’s electronic record. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adv with low volume she spoke quietly to the child Syn|Ant softly aloud, loud, loudly with relatively high volume 2adv with little or no sound the class was listening quietly and intently she was crying quietly Ant noisily with much noise or loud and unpleasant sound 3adv with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly') her hands rested quietly in her lap the rock star was quietly led out the back door Syn|Ant quiet unquietly with agitation or turbulence 4adv in a restful manner Syn restfully |
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