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Quiet
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- 1 With little or no sound; free of disturbing noise.
"I can't hear the music; it is too quiet."
- 2 Having little motion or activity; calm.
"the sea was quiet"
- 3 Not busy, of low quantity.
"The traffic was quiet for a Monday morning."
- 4 Not talking much or not talking loudly; reserved.
"He's a very quiet man usually, but is very chatty after a few beers."
- 5 Not showy; undemonstrative.
"a quiet dress"
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- 6 Requiring little or no interaction.
"a quiet install"
- 1 (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots wordnet
- 2 (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves wordnet
- 3 in a softened tone wordnet
- 4 not showy or obtrusive wordnet
- 5 free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound wordnet
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- 6 characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity wordnet
- 1 with little or no activity or no agitation (‘quiet’ is a nonstandard variant for ‘quietly’) wordnet
- 1 Be quiet.
"Quiet! The children are sleeping."
- 1 The absence of sound; quietness. countable, uncountable
"There was a strange quiet in the normally very lively plaza."
- 2 a disposition free from stress or emotion wordnet
- 3 The absence of movement; stillness, tranquility. countable, uncountable
- 4 the absence of sound wordnet
- 5 The absence of disturbance or trouble; peace, security. countable, uncountable
"The King & his Nobles thinke they may ſleepe in quiet, Now they haue giuen vs a little holy water at the Court, But thers no ſuch matter, we be no ſuch fooles, To be bobd out with words and after come to hanging: […]"
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- 6 an untroubled state; free from disturbances wordnet
- 7 a period of calm weather wordnet
- 1 To cause (someone or something) to become quiet. transitive
"Can you quiet your child? He’s making lots of noise."
- 2 make calm or still wordnet
- 3 To become quiet or calm. intransitive
"When you quiet, we can start talking."
- 4 become quiet or quieter wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".
From Middle English quiete, from Old French quiet (adjective) and quiete (noun), from Latin quiētus, past participle of quiēscere (“to keep quiet, rest”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁- (“rest”). Doublet of coy, quit, quite, and quietus. Largely displaced native English still in the sense of "with little or no sound".
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