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# quietly

«quietly» in Mova's school dictionary: **Making little or no noise: "Close the door quietly."** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (quietly, more quietly, most quietly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Making little or no noise: "Close the door quietly." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#m1)

2) Calmly, without fuss: "She quietly helped." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#m2)

3) In a gentle, low voice: "He spoke quietly." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school: work quietly, walk quietly in corridors. In everyday life: speak quietly in libraries, hospitals and places of worship; at night be quiet so others can sleep. In stories it often shows sneaking or calm. Phrases: quietly confident, sit quietly.

### examples

- Please work quietly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#x1)
- The cat crept quietly towards the bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#x2)
- Walk quietly in the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#x3)
- She spoke quietly so the baby could sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#x4)
- He quietly put the money back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#x5)
- Close the door quietly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#x6)
- We sat quietly in the library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#x7)
- The snow fell quietly all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#x8)
- He lay down and quietly fell asleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/#x9)

### note

"Quietly" describes how something is done; "quiet" describes a noun or comes after "be": "be quiet" (not "be quietly"). Don't confuse with "quite" or "quit".

### In the corpora

- [Later that week, Dad says quietly that Mum has been low for weeks and the doctor says it is depression.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low/4/)
- [Scene: in Sydney in March 2024, Mum puts her phone down quietly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/45-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-queens-death-a-coronation-titles-lost-and-illnesses-announced/6/)
- [Real cats hunt mice by waiting quietly and pouncing, and many well-fed pet cats are not very interested in hunting.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/237-animal-minds-what-dogs-and-cats-feel-and-understand-and-do-cats-really-chase-mice/8/)
- [As they leave, Alice hears the King quietly tell everyone «You are all pardoned», and she feels glad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/17-alice-the-mock-turtles-story-1/10/)
- [They jump about like mad things while explaining, then suddenly sit down sadly and quietly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/19-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-1/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quietly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.