quietly
Definition:
1. With low volume.
2. With little or no sound.
3. With little or no activity or no agitation.
Use 'quietly' in a sentence:
- 1. Herbert sat quietly through the telling of this saga.
- 2. He quietly intoned several prayers.
- 3. Don't mind me ─ I'll just sit here quietly.
- 4. She's not going to go quietly.
- 5. It was raining quietly and steadily and there were little pools of water on the gravel drive.
- 6. "This is goodbye, isn't it?" she said quietly.
- 7. I follow them quietly.
- 8. The lorry quietly rolled forward.
- 9. I sat quietly, musing on the events of the day.
- 10. He ate quietly, relishing his meal.
- 11. She spoke quietly to still the frightened child.
- 12. I'll just sit quietly.
- 13. The ship's engines throbbed quietly.
- 14. Kelly swore quietly, looking at the deep cut on his left hand.
- 15. We talked quietly so as not to be overheard.
- 16. The truck quietly rolled forward and demolished all the old wooden fencing.
- 17. 'Go back and make sure that no harm comes to him,' he said quietly.
- 18. Quietly Mark poured and served drinks for all of them.
- 19. He walked very quietly.
- 20. We live very quietly and we'll live more quietly.
- 21. He sat quietly in the first class cabin of the flight looking tired.
- 22. He was treading quietly and cautiously.
- 23. She waited quietly with her hands in her lap.
- 24. Quietly I leave, just as I quietly came.
- 25. We spoke quietly for fear of waking the guards.
- 26. He went away quietly.
- 27. "I am a sinful man, Magda," he said quietly.
- 28. He lives quietly in the country in a village near Lahti.
- 29. Again, Murphy had quietly outmanoeuvred him.
- 30. They only sleep quietly.
- 31. But behind the scenes Mr Cain will be working quietly to try to get a deal done.
- 32. She spoke so quietly I could hardly hear her.
- 33. Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers.
- 34. Then, I quietly laughed.
- 35. "We wouldn't get in the way," Suzanne promised. "We'd just stand quietly in a corner."
- 36. Juan sat quietly through the telling of this saga.
- 37. A lady always sits quietly with her hands in her lap.
- 38. She spoke in a quietly melodious voice.
- 39. Time has disappeared quietly.
- 40. Autumn has come quietly!
- 41. The home team kept quiet, stuck to their game plan, and quietly racked up the points.
- 42. He sat quietly in the First Class cabin, looking tired.
- 43. Stand quietly, children, and try not to talk to your neighbour.
- 44. American forces are observing Christmas quietly.
- 45. I spent a few hours quietly relaxing.
- 46. They broke with tradition and got married quietly.
- 47. He quietly slipped away and left me to my tears.
- 48. She lay quietly, enfolded in his arms.
- 49. Leeds kept quiet, stuck to their game plan and quietly racked up the points.
- 50. He sat there ever so quietly.