QUIETLY Synonyms: 6 Similar and Opposite Words

quietly

adverb

Definition of quietly

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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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

movably

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of quietly The couple quietly eloped in 2025, with Rodgers deliberately keeping his new wife away from the celebrity circus that surrounded his previous relationships. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Big Night manages to be openly emotional and at the same time quietly but hilariously funny. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 20 Sep. 2026 On October 7th, the strategy of quietly propping up Hamas collapsed. — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026 In the past, her records have arrived not exactly quietly, but often under the radar. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2026 There’s something comforting about a slow cooker working quietly on the counter. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026 Yana Radeva, shockingly a first-time actor, is quietly commanding as Veska, suggesting entire histories without spelling them out, while Grisebach’s documentary-like naturalism makes even the film’s strangest turns feel oddly plausible. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026 The prosecutors quietly overcame ferocious resistance within their office to pursuing the first indictment of Diamantis, in 2024. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026 Episode 4 begins with Stuart confined to a mental health facility, where he’s heavily medicated and quietly judged by a psychiatrist who believes his visions of alternate universes are all in his head. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quietly

Adverb

Libra September 23 – October 22 A personal decision may expose how much outside approval still matters to you.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
One of the reasons that global oil prices haven’t risen higher in recent months is that Saudi Arabia has still been able to export large amounts of Gulf oil via the Red Sea instead.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 20 Sep. 2026