quietly

1. 1.

   with low volume

   “speak softly but carry a big stick”

   “she spoke quietly to the child”

   “the radio was playing softly”

   Synonymssoftly
2. 2.

   with little or no sound

   “the class was listening quietly and intently”

   “she was crying quietly”

   Antonymsnoisily
3. 3.

   with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

   “her hands rested quietly in her lap”

   “the rock star was quietly led out the back door”

   “sit here as quiet as you can”

   Synonymsquiet

   Antonymsunquietly
4. 4.

   in a restful manner

   “the streets are restfully sunny and still for the town is at mass”

   Synonymsrestfully

Questions about quietly

What does quietly mean?

quietly means "with low volume". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quietly?

quietly has 3 syllables: qui-et-ly. The stress falls on "qui". In IPA it is /ˈkwaɪətli/.

What is another word for quietly?

Close synonyms include softly, quiet, restfully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of quietly?

The recorded antonyms are noisily, unquietly.

Is quietly a common word?

quietly is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.