Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Quiet (-ly)
quiet (-ly), adv. [see quiet, adj.] (webplay: claims, offense, wind, years).
- Innocently; modestly; guilelessly; artlessly.
- Unpretentiously; unnoticed; unobtrusively; surreptitiously; furtively; secretly; stealthily; without drawing attention to itself.
- Soundlessly; silently; softly; imperceptibly.
- Carefully; reverently; respectfully.
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