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
Brunson would not go quietly, using another flurry of points to cut the Spurs’ lead back down to six as the quarter neared the halfway point.
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Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Little signs of humanity appeared in every direction, quietly defusing what could have become a disaster instigated by fear.
—Antonio Ferme, Variety, 14 June 2026
Somewhere between the credit algorithm that approved your last loan and the fraud-detection model that flagged your vacation spending, financial services quietly became an AI industry.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Each of our top picks is quietly on sale ahead of Prime Day, starting at $10.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Meanwhile, the traffic can be quietly routed through a bad path.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
In another, team-mates sit quietly with their headphones on.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 14 June 2026
There is something quietly unsettling about a shot that’s held for a long period of time, or that’s wide enough to include plenty of areas where a creature can hide.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2026
The weekend starts quietly enough.
—Damien Lodes, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Little signs of humanity appeared in every direction, quietly defusing what could have become a disaster instigated by fear.
—Antonio Ferme, Variety, 14 June 2026
Somewhere between the credit algorithm that approved your last loan and the fraud-detection model that flagged your vacation spending, financial services quietly became an AI industry.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
Each of our top picks is quietly on sale ahead of Prime Day, starting at $10.
—Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
Meanwhile, the traffic can be quietly routed through a bad path.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
In another, team-mates sit quietly with their headphones on.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 14 June 2026
There is something quietly unsettling about a shot that’s held for a long period of time, or that’s wide enough to include plenty of areas where a creature can hide.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2026
The weekend starts quietly enough.
—Damien Lodes, CBS News, 13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quietly
still
Adverb
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These appointments make the designer-retailer relationship more official than a one-off collaboration, though those are still plentiful.—
Hilary Milnes,
Vogue,
15 June 2026
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There must be something magical about Block Island after all, but only time will tell if that magic will extend to Jo-Ellen and Rulla, who still doubts that Jo-Ellen’s proof was well-meaning.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Quietly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quietly. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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