From Middle English quietely, quyetly, equivalent to quiet + -ly.
quietly (comparative more quietly, superlative most quietly)
- In a quiet manner.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain.
in a quiet manner
- Arabic: بِهُدُوء (bihudūʔ)
- Armenian: կամաց (hy) (kamacʻ), հանգիստ (hy) (hangist)
- Belarusian: ці́ха (cíxa)
- Bulgarian: ти́хо (bg) (tího)
- Catalan: silenciosament (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 悄悄地 (zh) (qiāoqiāo de), 安靜地/安静地 (zh) (ānjìng de)
- Czech: tiše (cs)
- Esperanto: silente (silently), kviete (calmly)
- Finnish: hiljaa (fi), hiljaisesti (fi)
- French: paisablement, tranquillement (fr), quiètement (fr) (literary)
- Georgian: წყნარად (c̣q̇narad), ჩუმად (čumad)
- German: ruhig (de), leise (de)
- Alemannic German: liis, liisli
- Greek: αθόρυβα (el) (athóryva)
- Ancient: σιγῇ (sigêi), σιωπῇ (siōpêi), ἀκήν (akḗn)
- Hungarian: csendesen (hu), csendben (hu), halkan (hu)
- Ido: silence (io)
- Japanese: 静かに (ja) (しずかに, shizuka ni)
- Korean: 조용하게 (ko) (joyonghage), 조용히 (ko) (joyonghi)
- Macedonian: тивко (tivko)
- Maori: māika
- Marathi: शांतपणे (śāntapṇe)
- Nahuatl: yocoxquia
- Northern Sami: jaska
- Polish: cicho (pl)
- Portuguese: silenciosamente (pt)
- Russian: ти́хо (ru) (tíxo), сми́рно (ru) (smírno)
- Sanskrit: तूष्णीम् (sa) (tūṣṇīm)
- Scottish Gaelic: os ìosal
- Serbo-Croatian: tȉho (sh), ти̏хо
- Slovak: ticho
- Slovene: tiho
- Spanish: mansamente (es), despacio (es)
- Tocharian B: ām
- Ukrainian: ти́хо (týxo)
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