as in still
without motion
she stood quietly behind the curtains, hoping to scare her sister when she came into the room
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Recent Examples of quietly
Others in the crowd, including rapper Snoop Dogg, watched quietly as the star skier was finally taken off the course.
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Andrew Dampf, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Individual personalities lean more toward quietly confident rather than brash.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Others in the crowd, including rapper Snoop Dogg, watched quietly as the star skier was finally taken off the course.
—Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
For Isabella Franco, founder of Lupettatelier, the idea of a home by the sea had been quietly forming for decades.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026
An image of a carrier fighter hints that China’s latest naval strike missile may have quietly entered service.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
When academic standards are quietly lowered to accommodate underprepared students, the harm spreads to all graduates.
—Andrea Mays, Oc Register, 8 Feb. 2026
Once live, the agent quietly took over much of the repetitive work that previously consumed Goldberg’s day.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The company behind that future vehicle is Pivotal, a California company that has quietly spent more than a decade turning a radical idea into a real aircraft.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Andrew Dampf, Arkansas Online, 9 Feb. 2026
Individual personalities lean more toward quietly confident rather than brash.
—Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Others in the crowd, including rapper Snoop Dogg, watched quietly as the star skier was finally taken off the course.
—Andrew Dampf, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
For Isabella Franco, founder of Lupettatelier, the idea of a home by the sea had been quietly forming for decades.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2026
An image of a carrier fighter hints that China’s latest naval strike missile may have quietly entered service.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026
When academic standards are quietly lowered to accommodate underprepared students, the harm spreads to all graduates.
—Andrea Mays, Oc Register, 8 Feb. 2026
Once live, the agent quietly took over much of the repetitive work that previously consumed Goldberg’s day.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The company behind that future vehicle is Pivotal, a California company that has quietly spent more than a decade turning a radical idea into a real aircraft.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quietly
Adverb
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Given his age, the prison term still could keep him behind bars for the rest of his life.—
Kanis Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Seventy-six percent of people with a graduate degree are still working at age 67, compared with 39% of people with only a high school diploma, according to the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis.—
Paige Winfield Cunningham The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Some workers just quiet-quit, doing the minimum to hold on to their jobs.—
Christopher Dinsmore,
Baltimore Sun,
8 Dec. 2022
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On another end were the quiet-seeking bedrooms and bathrooms, one with a step-down Roman shower.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
7 Nov. 2022
Cite this Entry
“Quietly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quietly. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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