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Quietly ˈkwaɪətli Woman Adverb Ask/Speak/Talk Move/Stand Spoken Noise
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/ˈkwaɪətli/ /ˈkwaɪətli/ |
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- to ask/speak/talk quietly
- to move/stand quietly
- a quietly spoken woman
- 'i'm sorry,' she said quietly.
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quietly(adverb)/ˈkwaɪətli/ /ˈkwaɪətli/- in a way that makes very little noise
- to ask/speak/talk quietly
- to move/stand quietly
- a quietly spoken woman
- 'I'm sorry,' she said quietly.
- in a peaceful way; without being interrupted
- I spent a few hours quietly relaxing.
- He noticed the woman sitting quietly at the bar.
- without many people or much noise or activity
- Sometimes a business begins quietly, as a hobby maybe, in a spare bedroom.
- in a definite, but not obvious, way
- He is quietly confident that they can succeed (= he is confident, but he is not talking about it too much).
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