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# quietness

«quietness» in Mova's school dictionary: **The state of making little or no noise; silence or near…** — 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

noun (quietness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The state of making little or no noise; silence or near silence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietness/#m1)

2) A calm, peaceful feeling in a place or a person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietness/#m2)

3) Being a quiet, shy or gentle kind of person who does not talk much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, quietness is what we need in a library, during a test, or when a baby sleeps. In stories, the quietness of a place can feel peaceful (a snowy morning) or creepy (a house where something is wrong) — it sets the mood. Describing a character's quietness tells us they are shy, thoughtful or keeping something to themselves. Phrases: the quietness of the night, a sudden quietness, her quietness.

### examples

- I love the quietness of the house early in the morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietness/#x1)
- The teacher asked for quietness during the spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietness/#x2)
- A strange quietness fell over the playground when the head teacher walked in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietness/#x3)
- His quietness made some kids think he was unfriendly, but he was just shy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietness/#x4)
- We enjoyed the quietness of the forest after the busy city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietness/#x5)
- In the quietness, we could hear an owl hooting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietness/#x6)
- The quietness of the empty school felt spooky at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quietness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: "the quietness", not "a quietness" (though "a sudden quietness" is fine with an adjective). "Quiet" itself is also a noun and is more common: "peace and quiet". Do not confuse "quiet" (no noise) with "quite" (fairly) or "quit" (stop).

### In the corpora

- [And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and confidence for ever.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.677/)
- [Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.477/)
- [Because he knew no quietness within him, in his greed he suffered nought to escape,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.517/)
- [When He giveth quietness, who then can condemn?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.910/)
- [Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/ECC.79/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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